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ST2000VN000 on the Duo V1 - thoughts?
I'm upgrading my Duo V1's drives from 1TB to 2TB (raid 1) After doing a bit of research, my decision came down to the ST2000VN000 or the WD20EFRX. (I considered the ST2000DM001, but that seemed to...
I'm using the WD20EFRX, and haven't had any problems.
Some people have used the Seagate VN line in other ReadyNAS, but I don't recall seeing any posts regarding the v1 platforms. Generally failure rates of Seagate consumer drives are higher than Western Digital's (according to BackBlaze), though whether that also applies to the ST2000VN000 is hard to say.
You should check your system for 4K alignment - if you don't have that now, then a factory reset would be needed to get best performance. There's more information on that here: http://www.rnasguide.com/2011/06/22/why ... -readynas/
Some people have used the Seagate VN line in other ReadyNAS, but I don't recall seeing any posts regarding the v1 platforms. Generally failure rates of Seagate consumer drives are higher than Western Digital's (according to BackBlaze), though whether that also applies to the ST2000VN000 is hard to say.
You should check your system for 4K alignment - if you don't have that now, then a factory reset would be needed to get best performance. There's more information on that here: http://www.rnasguide.com/2011/06/22/why ... -readynas/
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