Following a drive failure, I wanted to get a new drive for a RN204. I was going for a 4GB and historically choose Seagate. The list at https://kb.netgear.com/20641/ReadyNAS-Hard-Disk-Compatibility-List suggests ST4000DM000 but from a cursory search it seems that this drive isn't widely available and may have been replaced by the ST4000DM004 which isn't on the compatibility list. What should I do? Go for the ST4000DM004 despite it not being on the list? Go for another manufacturer? Advice would be much appreciated! Thanks

geojay wrote: I was asking if the 3 TB Ironwolf is OK, especially considering your comment about the 3 TB drives being worse which I assume only applied to the Barracuda range. The 3 TB Ironwolf should be fine, as is the 3 TB WDC Red.

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Marc_V
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jun 26, 2018
Hi geojay

ST4000DM000 and ST4000DM004 are both Desktop drives with the latter on higher cache if I'm correct so I don't think there will be an issue with that even though it is not listed on the HCL. I might say the list needs plenty of updating but you can use any NAS drive you might see on the market without having any issue.

Haven't had any issues with other brands, you might also be interested on a different brand or model but if all your drives are with the same manufacturer I would stay with it.

Hope this helps!

Regards
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Jun 27, 2018
  Marc_V wrote:
  
  ST4000DM000 and ST4000DM004 are both Desktop drives
  
  Barracuda ("DM") drives have a rather poor track record in RAID arrays, though I believe the 3 TB models were much worse than the others.
  
  I always recommend NAS-purposed or Enterprise Class drives, and no longer recommend any desktop models for ReadyNAS. NAS-purposed drives are about the same price as desktop, and have features like TLER that are intended for RAID.
  
  So I'd recommend getting a 4 TB Seagate Ironwolf drive, or the WDC equivalent (WD40EFRX). If you want faster RPM, go with the Ironwolf Pro, the WDC Red Pro, or perhaps WDC Gold
  - geojay
    Guide
    Jun 27, 2018
    StephenB wrote:
    
    Marc_V wrote:
    
    ST4000DM000 and ST4000DM004 are both Desktop drives
    
    Barracuda ("DM") drives have a rather poor track record in RAID arrays, though I believe the 3 TB models were much worse than the others.
    
    I always recommend NAS-purposed or Enterprise Class drives, and no longer recommend any desktop models for ReadyNAS. NAS-purposed drives are about the same price as desktop, and have features like TLER that are intended for RAID.
    
    So I'd recommend getting a 4 TB Seagate Ironwolf drive, or the WDC equivalent (WD40EFRX). If you want faster RPM, go with the Ironwolf Pro, the WDC Red Pro, or perhaps WDC Gold
    
    Presumably, to stay at the same price point as the 4 TB ST4000DM004, a 3 TB Seagate Ironwolf (ST3000VN007) would be OK?