WD2003FYYS RE4 - 2.0TB

rygar74 wrote:
Yesterday i received my new DUO v2 as a replacement to the old DUO. I installed two new WDC RE4 WD2003FYYS and they are working perfectly. I'm using the latest 5.3.5-T33 firmware. These disks are not yet in the official compatibility list. However that list mentions a RE4-GP WD2002FYPS which i think is a bit older than the FYYS.

OK, what i'm going to write, has happened twice the last 4 days. My nas is placed next to my computer and connected to my router through a CAT6 cable. Both times I was watching a movie and my nas was uploading some files using tramission :wink: .But the traffic was low, no big deal, i think 30-40Kbps upload speed. Anyway, sometime while watching, i noticed that something was producing some noise as if a motor was running outside my house. I put my ear closer to the nas and i got surprised to find out that it was its fan that was producing this sound. It was not annoying, it was just working hard to lower down the temperature. And i saw that in the Dashboard. It's temperature was 43C for the system and both disks and the fan speed was 3072rpms instead of the normal 763rpms. However, the hard disk light was not blinking. I remember reading someday that these RE disks should be used for server operation and also that they tend to reach high temperatures if they are not airconditioned. Considering that in Greece the temperature does not drop under 25C at nights during summer, the system (and the disks) reacted as they should. I forgot to mention that i had my airconditiong switched off.

So, if you're thinking of buying such a disk and you lack airconditioning, you should reconsider. I'll see how it goes and if it gets worse (since temperature will go higher here), I'll probably replace the disks with something that does not get so warm.

Will keep you posted...

PS. The logs do NOT contain any errors