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WD20EARS-00MVWB0 Westerd Digital Cavier Green 2TB
Hi, I just got a Duo V2 and a Western Digital drive. I didn't realize there were two different versions (wished I came here first). The drive worked fine so I ordered another one, not sure what ver...
If you post the manufacturer and model, then it should be easy enough to tell what it is.
marksb wrote: I call it a hub because it can't be configured like a switch. All the traffic goes to all the ports.
If all the traffic goes to all the ports, then it is in fact a hub. However, that has nothing to do with the ability to configure the device. Only "smart switches" and "managed switches" can be configured. Normal consumer switches cannot be configured (and still do not send all the traffic to all the ports).
Is your linksys router support gigabit ethernet or 100 mbit?
First of all, I would be surprised if changing to drives on the HCL solves your 0x80070027 error. It would be nice to know the outcome (either way), since there are some other folks getting this error with the v2 products.
marksb wrote: So why is the ReadyNas so particular about the hard drive that can be used with it? Is this a Linux thing?
Normally RAID devices work best with enterprise drives. Some of the differences are described here: http://download.intel.com/support/mothe ... rives_.pdf However, enterprise drives cost considerably more, so often desktop drives are used in consumer NAS products. Netgear accommodates this by testing drives, and putting the devices that pass on the HCL.
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