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Blanker-2
Sep 28, 2018Guide
eda500 options (is this thing problematic?)
Hey guys I'm at my wits end with the eda500. If you look at this thing the wrong way it starts resyncing.
I just got 2 new 8TB reds for my main RN312. In my eda500 I have four 4TB greens and ...
Blanker-2
Sep 28, 2018Guide
Thanks for the advice. I have used wdidle on the greens to max the headparking delay. That was back when i was using freenas.
So u think it will make all the difference, getting the nas type hdds?
Aren't those drives ur using desktop drives? That list doesn't list my new wd 80efax drives.
So u think it will make all the difference, getting the nas type hdds?
Aren't those drives ur using desktop drives? That list doesn't list my new wd 80efax drives.
Laserbait
Sep 28, 2018Luminary
Yep, the ST4000DM000 is labled as a desktop drive, but it's tolerant to rotational vibration, and doesn't have any of the funky spindown power tricks. Seagate also approves it for server and DAS use.
I think it'll make all the difference in the world. I've heard nothing but bad things about the green drives in a NAS.
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