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Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166
All, I have a readynas Ultra 4 with (3) 2TB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 -302 drives in it. I have firmware CC3C that came with the drives. I have read the issues people have had with these drives. I...
The thing is that cheaper drives tend to be optimised for single drive non-RAID use. Some of these optimisations render some drives unsuitable for use in RAID arrays. HDD manufacturers tend to test their enterprise disks in RAID arrays under 24x7 heavy load and in WD's case the new WD RED in NAS units (I'm guessing probably not as heavy load as enterprise disks necessarily but adequate for what most consumers would use).
If you don't want to go through the hassle of choosing your own drives NetGear does sell ReadyNAS units with drives pre-installed.
If you don't want to go through the hassle of choosing your own drives NetGear does sell ReadyNAS units with drives pre-installed.
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