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vandermerwe
Jul 31, 2013Master
Seagate NAS drives including ST4000VN000 - now on HCL
There is only one thread on the entire forum about this drive. Has anyone installed these drives? There is a paucity of 4 Tb drives on the HCL. Edit: now whole series is on HCL Hopefully good a...
StephenB
Dec 21, 2013Guru - Experienced User
WDC red drives are on the HCL for the nv+ v2. So xeltros' hypothetical wouldn't apply.
I agree that the outdated HCLs on the legacy products creates huge challenges for Netgear customers. If Netgear want's to stop testing, that's fine I guess. However, they shouldn't deny support, since its unreasonable for customers to try and track down long-obsolete drives as replacements. And Netgear itself is apparently shipping some NAS with drives that aren't on the HCL.
I agree that the outdated HCLs on the legacy products creates huge challenges for Netgear customers. If Netgear want's to stop testing, that's fine I guess. However, they shouldn't deny support, since its unreasonable for customers to try and track down long-obsolete drives as replacements. And Netgear itself is apparently shipping some NAS with drives that aren't on the HCL.
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