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4GB seagate drive for RN204
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-Li...
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
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
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?
Hi geojay
ironwolf ST3000VN007 is compatible and should be better with the Desktop drives, however since you have 4TB drives it won't be a good idea for a replacement. I would suggest going with the 4TB or higher capacity models that is designed for NAS like what StephenB mentioned
e.g. Seagate ST4000VN000, WD WD40EFRX, or HGST HUS724040ALE640
Regards
Marc_V wrote:
however since you have 4TB drives it won't be a good idea for a replacement.
When replacing a drive with XRAID, you always need to use
- the same size as the drive you are removing or
- a drive that is at least as large as the biggest drive in the system.
Replacing a 4 TB drive with a 3 TB model simply won't work.
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
Hi Stephen,
To be clear, I'm replacing a 2 TB Seagate Desktop drive and the replacement won't be inserted into an existing array (that died, as per the original post), I'll be starting from scratch with no volumes set up on the NAS. I was originally going for a 4 TB Barracuda drive as a replacement but following your advice, I'll go for a Ironwolf instead. The 4 TB Ironwolf is more expensive than the 4TB Barracuda but the 3GB Ironwolf is about the same (and is still larger than the failed 2 TB drive) so 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.
I hope that makes sense!
Thanks again for your advice :)
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