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8TB ST8000NM0055 with ReadyNAS Pro 6 - so far, so good
My report: One week in, RNDP6000 (no suffix on label) Pro 6, with 6x ST8000NM0055 (f/w SN02) - working fine. This drive is NOT on the HCL, repeat my foolhardy example at your own risk, blah, blah, ...
Did you get any further with this? Got the same issue with these ST8000NM0055 drives whirring constantly when idle, and there doesn't seem to be any newer firmware available.
I had just checked yesterday, and still nothing on the Seagate f/w download site for my serial #.
When I spoke to Seagate, they admitted there was new f/w for their other 8T models, but none yet for the "NM0055" specifically.
I've also upgraded CPU to quad core X3230 ($20 on eBay) last week (I apparently already had the required newer BIOS installed - see above).
It might be of little benefit, but who knows what I'll get up to...
Still no other issues encountered with this config, BTW.
News!
I called Seagate yesterday with my S/N and got SN04 firmware (they seem to have skipped SN03).
Shut down, pull all drives, flashed each one from a PC with their bootable USB tool and:
seaflashlin -f MakaraPlusEntCapSATA-STD-512E-SN04.LOD -d /dev/sg2
Plug back in and power up.
No more whining drives. I'll test for a couple of weeks, and will proceed to the second identical Pro6 setup if no problems encountered.
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