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Should WD20EARS be removed from the HW Compatibility Lists
Am not impressed with my wasted disks purchase from the HW Compatibility List. After checking the list, I went for 2 x Western Digital 2TB WD20EARS hard drives for my Duo. http://kb.netgear.com/app/an...
Do your drives match the extended p/n (WD20EARS-00S8B1 and with firmware 80.00A80)?
It is interesting in that WD has just come out with their red label drive series specifically designed for desktop RAID units such as the Duo. The WD10EFRX, WD20EFRX and WD30EFRX are approved by both Netgear and WD on all of the ARM and x-86 desktop units.
The WD10EFRX is approved for use on the NV+ but not the Duo (which has virtually the same hardware). The WD20EFRX is being tested at this point. WD definitely did their homework on this drive testing it and working with the manufacturers BEFORE they released it to the retail supply chain. Of course the sparc based units will not support the WD30EFRX because it requires the new file formatting method.
It is interesting in that WD has just come out with their red label drive series specifically designed for desktop RAID units such as the Duo. The WD10EFRX, WD20EFRX and WD30EFRX are approved by both Netgear and WD on all of the ARM and x-86 desktop units.
The WD10EFRX is approved for use on the NV+ but not the Duo (which has virtually the same hardware). The WD20EFRX is being tested at this point. WD definitely did their homework on this drive testing it and working with the manufacturers BEFORE they released it to the retail supply chain. Of course the sparc based units will not support the WD30EFRX because it requires the new file formatting method.
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