WDC Reds Not Suitable?

AndreasKa wrote:
The URE rating and other reliability features made me go for WD Red Pro and WD Se drives in my 314.

Right. I just got off the phone with Amazon; they're going to replace at least one of the Reds with a Red Pro at no extra charge due to the trouble they've given me with the packing and ship/return/reship cycle. (Moments like this is why I love Amazon, BTW.)

AndreasKa wrote:
The thing to watch out for is the additional heat produced by these 7200RPM drives. Both of the drives regularly run at 50c in my unit and giving the max op temp is 55, i consider this too high, although i know mdgm will disagree on with me.

Shucks, a little disagreement is good to have now and then. That said, I might tend to agree with him, no offense; I prefer to err on the side of caution whenever possible. As you say, I'll have to keep an eye on this. Not sure what I can do about it. It's a tough trade-off.

AndreasKa wrote:
Unfortunately, you can't get 5400 rpm enterprise featured drives anymore; i think there would be a market for them.

Yes, I'm surprised to hear that you can't. You'd think that especially enterprise NAS drives would be available at either speed.

Thanks,
Jeff Bowman
Fairbanks, Alaska