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WD20EARS just added on the official HCL - mistake and issues
The official HCL has (quietly !) been updated for Sparc based machines with a 2TB WD desktop class drive: the WD20EARS (http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=82). This is in principle good news as the WD20...
andy.c wrote: Oh I forgot to say, I have the the ReadyNAS NV and 4.1.6 firmware. And I got the -00S8B1 model.
Btw, I am running the same setup as you; 4.1.6 with the same exact HDDs.
Since it was a brand new RND4210 that I bought, I yanked out the 2x1TBs and started with 1x20EARS. I updated to 4.1.6 first and it wouldn't let me add a share (maybe because the drive was NTFS? and I also couldn't find a erase option). Then did a factory reset; held reset for 30 secs and it came up as X-RAID. When I added the second 20EARS it also had an issue so I did another factory reset and it popped up fine.
When I finally added the third drive it came up and resynced A-OK. I am copying data from my old Buffalo 2TB NAS right now. I guess I will keep my data on that Buffalo for at least a couple of months since there is a lot of talk about these new drives. I will also post back my results when I add my final 20EARS. I'm just praying I won't have to factory reset it again with all 4 drives intact.
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