WD30EZRX Any problems ?

I'm planing on getting a Ultra 6 Plus, and using this disks.
For some reson they are cheaper then the WD30EZRS or the shop only have the WD30EZRX (Depending on where I look)

So it would be nice to know if they works, before I buy some of them

i am using two of the WD30EZRX in a Ultra 6 (together with two WD20EARS) since two weeks. They are running. I used the wdidle tool to change the idletime to 300 s.
No abnormal behaviour since adding the WD30EZRX

Added 2xWD30EZRX without issues.
Apart from ofc the need to set wdidle3 and in theory voiding the warranty on the drives....
Strange that its needed tbh, qnap does not have this problem.
I'm sure its an easy fix if netgear bothered.

Hi all,

I am using one of WD30EZRX (modified with wdidle3) in a Ultra 4 and there are continuous crackles, is it normal?

Crackling sounds does not sound normal Chek.
Are you sure its from the WD30EZRX disk ?
In my experiencs it sounde exactly like all other current WD disks, i.e not at all unless you are really close.

Anyways, I added 2 more WD30EZRX (making 4 now) to my U4+.
It's currently restriping (takes 9 hours...) and so far it looks good.

This time I was a good boy and did a proper backup before starting the adding process.
Funny that a backup takes way less time then adding a disk.
It would probably be faster to just add both new drives (wiping all data) and restore it from backup.
Not as data safe tho.

I have one running test on my ReadyNAS Pro Business edition, infact I was mistaken when buying...thought I was buying a ZRS but bought a ZRX instead.
Been running without any problems for a month now in JBOD configuration!

gr33tz

I went with 3 in my Ultra 4+, picked up for $109 on Amazon. Modified with "WDIDLE3 /s0" and they've been working perfectly so far, though it's only been a week. I'll repost if/when I run into issues... but at this point, I'm not expecting any.

Been running 4 x WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 in my NVX for the last 2 weeks... no problems so far.

Had an initial error during factory default reset device present an ERR: Partitioning Error (or something like that) however, repeated the factory reset and it was fine building an XRAID2 array.

Using wdidle3 I've actually disabled the timeout and have the NVX spin-down the disks after 5 minutes... (no idea if this is actually ok for the disk )

Hi,

I read (not here) that this drive (WD30EZRX) is the replacement for the WD30EZRS, and I have one I am about to crack open but I am reading this thread and see numerous references to setting the idle timer using a "wdidle" tool. I am guessing that if the NAS has its own tool for this the two may conflict with each other?

I am not an IT person, but know my chops in my area of technical expertise, which this is not. Can somebody please help me understand whether I need to do this to prevent some known issue, or should I just plug this in and let it configure itself? I am going to be using this for a home media server, but I doubt that matters.

I am going to be using this with a Ready Nas Ultra 4 Plus, or at least that's the plan.

The tool sounds like a Linux command? I am running Windows 7 to manage this box, and probably occasionally from a Mac as well. Is there a way to set this idle time from one of those if it's required?

Thanks in advance. I haven't installed this yet as I thought I should ask some experts before I end up with a FUBAR NAS.
Ron

The tool is a self-standing tool (boots on it's own) and is supplied directly from Western Digital. It modifies/configures the firmware on the hard drive to not spin down during idle periods. The ReadyNAS does not do anything with firmware on the drive, so there's no need to worry about conflicts. I can't say I've ever tried installing a drive without running the tool, but based on what I've read, it will run into problems eventually as the ReadyNAS doesn't give the drive enough time to wake up before erroring out - and with it trying to write to all drives at the same time, you're asking for problems.

http://support.wdc.com/product/download ... 09&sid=113