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ST2000DL003 Compatibility?
Being a RNP user that is running out of space, I'm wanting to purchase new drives. I'm interested in using the Seagate ST2000DL003 2TB drives. These drives are not currently listed on the compatib...
All very good points, and well taken.
As the ST32000542AS has a sustained transfer rate of 95 MBps, and the theoretically max you will see with a 1GB link is 125Mb/s, I would expect to see better performance with the ST2000DL003, if only up to 112Mb/s.
In the past to get any kind of higher performance, required you to purchase the Enterprise 7200 rpm drives at a much higher price premium. If I can get better throughput at a small(ish) price increase, I'm all for it and willing to wait for it to be certified.
This was never supposed to be a this drive is better than that drive thread or why would one choose a 6Gb/s interface over a 3Gb/s when the NAS only supports 3Gb/s...
As originally stated: "Any word on when they might be tested"
How and when are drives selected to be tested?
As the ST32000542AS has a sustained transfer rate of 95 MBps, and the theoretically max you will see with a 1GB link is 125Mb/s, I would expect to see better performance with the ST2000DL003, if only up to 112Mb/s.
In the past to get any kind of higher performance, required you to purchase the Enterprise 7200 rpm drives at a much higher price premium. If I can get better throughput at a small(ish) price increase, I'm all for it and willing to wait for it to be certified.
This was never supposed to be a this drive is better than that drive thread or why would one choose a 6Gb/s interface over a 3Gb/s when the NAS only supports 3Gb/s...
As originally stated: "Any word on when they might be tested"
How and when are drives selected to be tested?
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