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Seagate ST3000DM001
hi, all.
does anyone have any idea if Netgear will be adding the Seagate ST3000DM001 to the approved HD list any time? or if some fearless owner has tried running these in their ReadyNAS?
i purchased a ReadyNAS Pro 4 back in Feb and have been running it with 4 Seagate ST2000DL003's and need more capacity. one option that i was considering was replacing the 2TB drives on the Pro4 with 3TB drives and reusing the existing 2TB drives in a Pro 6.
i am finding that there are few 'affordable' (<$300) ReadyNAS approved 3TB drives that are widely available and the ST3000DM001 are priced at ~$180 which is a significant savings.
does anyone have any idea if Netgear will be adding the Seagate ST3000DM001 to the approved HD list any time? or if some fearless owner has tried running these in their ReadyNAS?
i purchased a ReadyNAS Pro 4 back in Feb and have been running it with 4 Seagate ST2000DL003's and need more capacity. one option that i was considering was replacing the 2TB drives on the Pro4 with 3TB drives and reusing the existing 2TB drives in a Pro 6.
i am finding that there are few 'affordable' (<$300) ReadyNAS approved 3TB drives that are widely available and the ST3000DM001 are priced at ~$180 which is a significant savings.
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- Looking through the HCL I am seeing ST3000DM001 as compatible for the NV+v2. As it has already been put on the list for one device and not for others I am highly doubtful that it will show up on any other in the future.
I find it puzzling that a disk that works for RAID on the NV+ v2 doesn't work with all platforms (setting aside the 2 TB threshold). Are the RAID controllers that different?readysecure1985 wrote: Looking through the HCL I am seeing ST3000DM001 as compatible for the NV+v2. As it has already been put on the list for one device and not for others I am highly doubtful that it will show up on any other in the future.
It might be nice if one of the Jedi talked through what the disk qualification process looks like, and what kinds of things you all find that rule disks out. Obviously you wouldn't want to single out specific disks models - I am thinking something broader.
It would also be nice to know if the HCL has really shrunk, and if so what that means for ongoing support.- RAID controllers can vary from model to model.
I don't know all the qual stuff (Han Solo can chime in), but part of it would be: SMART tests, disk-spin down, RAID resyncing, temperature range tests, vibrational tests (rackmounts). - It would be nice if there was a cross reference to such as if it works with the Duo v2 it will also work with the NV+ v2. Presuming such references exist...
- That is generally the case. The Duo/NV+ share components, just like the Ultra/Pro series are similar. Usually if it passes on one model, it will the rest. But some may have a chipset off by one when going from a 2 channel to 6/12 channel, so the other models still need some review to confirm it.
chirpa wrote: That is generally the case. The Duo/NV+ share components, just like the Ultra/Pro series are similar. Usually if it passes on one model, it will the rest. But some may have a chipset off by one when going from a 2 channel to 6/12 channel, so the other models still need some review to confirm it.
Overall, especially in this day and age of hard drive shortages and high prices I don't think one can over estimate the importance of drives, their prices and availability. In a lot of cases the user will be spending more for their drives than their NAS and they will be much harder to come by. I know in my case I passed on the NAS several times because I couldn't find supported drives at my local Fry's (and their stock is usually pretty deep).
As an end-user it's very frustrating to see a total of 3 different 3TB drives approved for my model. I can't help but think how many people just like myself passed several times. Or even worse went to the dark side (another manufacturer). I noticed one has over 150 drives approved versus 21 (here).- >>As an end-user it's very frustrating to see a total of 3 different 3TB drives approved for my model.
exactly, i think Netgear can do more on testing & certifying more drives. i've been looking at the qnap stuff...the ST3000DM001 is listed as an approved drive. i can pick up a 5 bay 559 pro2, add 3 of the forementioned drives, and for a cost of $1400 get 5.6TB and still have room to add 2 more drives. i am a little concerned that these drives only have a 1 yr warranty though. - It is now on the HCL for the NVX which is a discontinued 32 bit x-86 model (all other x-86 models are 64 bit).
