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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...
I'm coming pretty late to the party on this thread. I'm a total newbie buying the ReadyNAS Duo for home use, and I bought 2 x WD20EARS-00S8B1 drives - I didn't get to specify the full model no from the supplier, so I guess I was lucky getting the ones which are now on the ReadyNAS HCL.
Unfortunately, one of the drives was DOA, and I've now received as a replacement, a WD20EARS-00J2GB0.
I've experienced the same problems as others on this thread, which is what eventually led me here - so I am planning on following what I now hope is the well-trodden path of upgrading to the RADIator 4.1.7 beta and keeping my fingers firmly crossed.
Has anyone succesfully used a WD20EARS-00J2GB0 alongside a WD20EARS-00S8B1? Is that likely to be an issue?
And is using the WDIDLE3 utility essential to get these working? As a real newbie I'm a little intimidated by the process of cracking open my PC box to run that process. However, I'll try it if necessary as I doubt my supplier will accept a return of the HDDs and it will have been an expensive mistake to just buy new drives.
Thanks in anticipation.
UPDATE: installed RAIDiator 4.1.7-T29 beta as per CommanderQ's excellent post, and it seems to have done the trick. I'd still value the opinion of the forums as to whether its worth my doing the WDIDLE3 update, bearing in mind I'm a home user who is only using my NAS to store and access music, photos and digital music production files rather than heavy business usage. Ta.
Unfortunately, one of the drives was DOA, and I've now received as a replacement, a WD20EARS-00J2GB0.
I've experienced the same problems as others on this thread, which is what eventually led me here - so I am planning on following what I now hope is the well-trodden path of upgrading to the RADIator 4.1.7 beta and keeping my fingers firmly crossed.
Has anyone succesfully used a WD20EARS-00J2GB0 alongside a WD20EARS-00S8B1? Is that likely to be an issue?
And is using the WDIDLE3 utility essential to get these working? As a real newbie I'm a little intimidated by the process of cracking open my PC box to run that process. However, I'll try it if necessary as I doubt my supplier will accept a return of the HDDs and it will have been an expensive mistake to just buy new drives.
Thanks in anticipation.
UPDATE: installed RAIDiator 4.1.7-T29 beta as per CommanderQ's excellent post, and it seems to have done the trick. I'd still value the opinion of the forums as to whether its worth my doing the WDIDLE3 update, bearing in mind I'm a home user who is only using my NAS to store and access music, photos and digital music production files rather than heavy business usage. Ta.
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