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WD says Caviar Green hard drives are not recommended for RAI
Hello, I have just purchased a bare ReadyNas NV+ and am looking to buy a couple of hard drives. The Caviar Green WD10EARS is on the list and looked a good price, however the WD Knowledge Base sa...
You found the statement that had been reported on a number of forums, but I was unable to actually find it.
WD drives of recent have caused a lot of trouble with Raid enclosures. Part of it is that they change the internals of drives without changing the model number (memory mfgs are also guilty of this). In the case of the WD Green drives the internal controllers sometimes conflict with the Raid controllers. As a result, I have no WD drives in any of my ReadyNAS units. I have had Samsung, and currently have Seagates and Hitachi drives.
WD drives of recent have caused a lot of trouble with Raid enclosures. Part of it is that they change the internals of drives without changing the model number (memory mfgs are also guilty of this). In the case of the WD Green drives the internal controllers sometimes conflict with the Raid controllers. As a result, I have no WD drives in any of my ReadyNAS units. I have had Samsung, and currently have Seagates and Hitachi drives.
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