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Which Drive?
I've just moved from Duo.v1 to NV+.v2, and looking at buying extra drives... ...and have been content on using Seagate (7200) drives in my Duo.v1 for the past three years. I primarily use my Rea...
As a long time Seagate user, my answer would be to go with the WD red label drives. (I would replace another pair of my Seagate 1TB drives with the WD30EFRX except that they are hard to get over here in the U.S. right now. (My preferred supplier has been out of the 3TB versions for about 10 days and is now out of the 2TB as well).
Seagate is having real issues with the ST2000DL003 and it has been going on for a while. It seems that some of the drives with an earlier firmware are giving problems, and the new firmware won't install on the older drives. While that is not the model you are discussing, it gives me pause when I see something about needing a particular firmware before you can use a drive. WD went though this a while back with their green drives and then came out and said not to use them in RAID enclosures. Now they have released the red label series and they seem to be doing well, but only time will tell.
Seagate is having real issues with the ST2000DL003 and it has been going on for a while. It seems that some of the drives with an earlier firmware are giving problems, and the new firmware won't install on the older drives. While that is not the model you are discussing, it gives me pause when I see something about needing a particular firmware before you can use a drive. WD went though this a while back with their green drives and then came out and said not to use them in RAID enclosures. Now they have released the red label series and they seem to be doing well, but only time will tell.
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