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Hardware Compatibility List Hard Disks
I realize it's hardware related but since it's also OS 6 related I figured I would ask here. I also realize Netgear doesn't support OS 6 on Legacy devices however I'm wondering if the Hardware Compatibility List for OS 4.x carries over to OS 6.x? I have a Ultra 6 Plus that I'm going to populate (over time) and I'm wondering if I should even concern myself with supported drives. The data isn't that valuable and if I lose it the world won't end so there's that... but I don't want to be stupid at the same time.
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- Most disks that work in e.g. the 516, hopefully would work on the U6P running OS6.
For the most part I think if you use NAS disks or enterprise disks you should do reasonably well. But disks can and do fail at any time. So consider how important your data is to you and decide whether you want to backup your data. Consider what would losing all your data on the array mean to you? mdgm wrote: Consider what would losing all your data on the array mean to you?
For my purpose any files I really worried about I backup and they aren't online per se. So if I perform a Factory Reset by mistake oh well... :) Storage wise I won't need anywhere near 6 drives so it's more if it can be done I might do it. I'm just trying to avoid finding 6-8 drives on eBay from one seller and buying them only to find out they don't work at all.- I wouldn't recommend buying hard disks from eBay. I would recommend buying new disks.
mdgm wrote: I wouldn't recommend buying hard disks from eBay. I would recommend buying new disks.
I agree even on price alone. Fry's often has the 3TB REDs for $99 (have one already) and that seems hard to beat. I'd only go eBay if I found some silly throw away price for playing around...- I've bought all my disks off of eBay... each one was a new external drive (picked them all up for less than $139 a piece which is still cheaper than the bare 4TB seagate drives on newegg.)
The last one was a steal as I bought a non-working external drive for $85... still obviously had the warranty on it, spent $10 to send it in to seagate, and even though the external enclosure said it was refurbished, the drive in it was brand new!
My oldest drive is sitting at about 8300 hours... 5 drives have over 7000 hours and only my latest drive that I got the deal on is the baby at around 2600 hours.
eBay isn't terrible but when it comes to buying used drives make sure you get the serial number prior to buying the drive (whenever possible) and once you get the drive run any and every diagnostic software you can on it to make sure it's up to snuff.
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