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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...
I agree that the HCL is weak. Some drives got on there that probably shouldn't, some good drives were almost certainly missed. Netgear has occasionally removed drives later, though that of course creates support issues for folks who purchased those drives when they were on the list.
As far as RAID goes, TLER was a big one. The load-cycle count problem for the WDC green drives comes to mind. On the physical level, vibration from other disks can degrade seeking and throughput. Spinning up also creates some issues, especially if the drive stops spinning on its own. The extra power needed during spin-up can stress the NAS supply, and of course the spin-up takes some time. Some of the ReadyNAS attempt to spin up the drives in a staggered fashion, but of course that won't work if the drive is spinning itself down w/o telling the NAS.
I don't think any of this stuff violates the SATA spec (though since my company isn't a member, I can't actually see the full spec).
You can see some more extensive reviews on what WDC did with the red drives here: http://www.storagereview.com/western_di ... w_wd30efrx, http://www.anandtech.com/show/6157/west ... he-premium
As far as RAID goes, TLER was a big one. The load-cycle count problem for the WDC green drives comes to mind. On the physical level, vibration from other disks can degrade seeking and throughput. Spinning up also creates some issues, especially if the drive stops spinning on its own. The extra power needed during spin-up can stress the NAS supply, and of course the spin-up takes some time. Some of the ReadyNAS attempt to spin up the drives in a staggered fashion, but of course that won't work if the drive is spinning itself down w/o telling the NAS.
I don't think any of this stuff violates the SATA spec (though since my company isn't a member, I can't actually see the full spec).
You can see some more extensive reviews on what WDC did with the red drives here: http://www.storagereview.com/western_di ... w_wd30efrx, http://www.anandtech.com/show/6157/west ... he-premium
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