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gravytrain
Feb 05, 2012Aspirant
First Time new NV+ RND4000 user looking for advice
I have purchased a new RND4000 NV+ 4 Bay Ready Nas and two WD Green EARS 1Tb drives from Newegg. I have been doing a lot of casual reading on these forums and am aware there may be chance of receiv...
gravytrain
Feb 05, 2012Aspirant
I haven't done anything yet as it hasn't shown up yet. :) I am trying to do my homework and be prepared so I only have to do this once.
So update to latest firmware on the NV+(it is a V1 unit, V2 too pricey), install first drive, factory reset, allow it to format first drive, add data to drive, install second drive, allow it to stripe, then I can add the third and forth 1tb hitachi drives. What about the fact the two WD Green drives are 64Mb cache and the Hitachi's are 8Mb cache drives? Will that hurt me much?
So update to latest firmware on the NV+(it is a V1 unit, V2 too pricey), install first drive, factory reset, allow it to format first drive, add data to drive, install second drive, allow it to stripe, then I can add the third and forth 1tb hitachi drives. What about the fact the two WD Green drives are 64Mb cache and the Hitachi's are 8Mb cache drives? Will that hurt me much?
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