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geojay
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Jun 26, 2018
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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...
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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Jun 27, 2018
    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.

StephenB's avatar
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's avatar
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?

  • Marc_V's avatar
    Marc_V
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jun 27, 2018

    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

    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jun 27, 2018
      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.

      • geojay's avatar
        geojay
        Guide
        Jun 27, 2018
        StephenB wrote:
        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.

        Hi Stephen,

        As per https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Dead-volume-on-ReadyNAS-204/m-p/1595245/highlight/true#M146843 I'm not replacing a 4TB drive, I'm replacing a 2GB and the volume (across the three original disks) is dead so I'm essentially starting from scratch.

         

        Thanks

    • geojay's avatar
      geojay
      Guide
      Jun 27, 2018
      Marc_V wrote:

      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

      Hi Marc,

      I don't have 4GB drives, this is to replace a failed 2TB drive. As per my post at https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Dead-volume-on-ReadyNAS-204/m-p/1595245/highlight/true#M146843 I had three 2TB drives, two of which failed. One will be replaced under warranty and I'm replacing the other drive myself which is the purpose of this post.

      • Marc_V's avatar
        Marc_V
        NETGEAR Employee Retired
        Jun 27, 2018

        Hi @geojay

         

        Oops Smiley Happy sorry i forgot

         

        If you previously have a 2TB drive then replacing it with a 3TB drive would be an upgrade. It would be better if you replace all 2TB drives with the same size as the replacement. This is to utilize the 3TB drive replacement. So the Ironwolf model you mentioned earlier is a good fit :)

         

        Regards

         

         

         

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