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bullfrog1
Sep 22, 2011Tutor
WD20EARS is end of line replacment is WD20EARX
Hi The Western Digital WD20EARS is now considered end of line, it's direct replacement is the WD20EARX which is exactly the same except it is a 6GB/sec interface (SATA3) as opposed to 3GB/sec (SATA...
mdgm-ntgr
Sep 22, 2011NETGEAR Employee Retired
I don't see the WD20EARX on any ReadyNAS compatibility list yet. As to your statement "exactly the same except it is a 6GB/sec interface (SATA3)...", it's possible there's under the hood differences. I would stick to options available on the compatibility list.
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