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Warning: WD20EADS Unreliable
I know that the WD 2TB EADS drive is listed on the compatibility list, but after just having multiple simultaneous drive failures with 3 month old drives I would caution anyone against using these. I ...
WD utility is a "dos only" exe...So you need a DOS bootable machine + the drive attached through SATA (NOT USB).
Mac only won't work is my guess...
...once you bit the apple...
Hope for you: after much, much reading I decided NOT to use WDIdle on my WD20EADS. What I do is to RMA them on HIGH LLC count charges every year (5€ per disk with advanced RMA).
As for reliability, I use Seagate Enterprise on customers and WD on home users : THEY BOTH FAIL SPECTACULARLY....and many times over!
Readynas is reliable (pretty much), but ReadyNAS+today's quality of disks = hazard!!!
As much as I hate that backup speech (served on this very forum ) because it is very unrealistic for home users (budget anybody?), I have to admit that I'm forced to adhere to it.
I don't really like Apple, but I've not witness so many failures on their hardware (specifically server+disks) as I have on the ReadyNAS+HD combination...but then again the cost is not the same.
My long 2 cents.
Mac only won't work is my guess...
...once you bit the apple...
Hope for you: after much, much reading I decided NOT to use WDIdle on my WD20EADS. What I do is to RMA them on HIGH LLC count charges every year (5€ per disk with advanced RMA).
As for reliability, I use Seagate Enterprise on customers and WD on home users : THEY BOTH FAIL SPECTACULARLY....and many times over!
Readynas is reliable (pretty much), but ReadyNAS+today's quality of disks = hazard!!!
As much as I hate that backup speech (served on this very forum ) because it is very unrealistic for home users (budget anybody?), I have to admit that I'm forced to adhere to it.
I don't really like Apple, but I've not witness so many failures on their hardware (specifically server+disks) as I have on the ReadyNAS+HD combination...but then again the cost is not the same.
My long 2 cents.
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