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weinelm
Jul 23, 2016Tutor
WD Red 8TB WD80EFZX working on ReadyNAS Ultra 2
Hi, just to let anyone who is interested know, I upgraded the disks in my Ultra 2 to 2x WD Red 8TB. I'm running OS 6.5.0. The array resynced and the volume expanded to 8TB as expected. Seems to be wo...
StephenB
Jul 25, 2016Guru - Experienced User
weinelm wrote:
My only slight disappointment is that the disks are substantially nosier than the Seagate 4TB NAS HDDs that they replaced. Probably will move my NAS so it's not on a shelf at head height.
The WD80EFZX actually has excellent noise specs, so this is a bit odd. Seek noise is a bit higher than the Seagate 4 TB, but idle noise is less. The ones I have installed are quiet.
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