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Netgear RN314 Hard Drive Upgrade
I have 4x4GB harddrives in my ReadyNAS configured to RAID5 and looking to upgrade them to the IronWolf Pro ST10000NE0004, 4x10GB
Is installing these straight forward? do I replace one drive at a ti...
Installing all 4 disks at once is not an option, I have nothing to backup around 12GB of data to.
My Supplier has the WD80EFZX drive @ 8GB but only 5400RPM is the 7200RPM drives better?
claynz wrote:
Installing all 4 disks at once is not an option, I have nothing to backup around 12GB of data to.
Then some day you will lose your data. It's more a question of when than if.
claynz wrote:My Supplier has the WD80EFZX@ drive @ 8GB but only 5400RPM is the 7200RPM drives better?
There is a performance gain with 7200 rpm on operations that require seeking (for instance directory browsing). Large file transfer speeds aren't limited by the disks, it is limited by gigabit ethernet.
On the other hand, the WDC reds use less power and therefore will run cooler.
The Ironwolf drives are fine, just make sure you still have the mounting screws that came with the NAS. The procedure to remove the plastic mounting bracket is in the hardware manual: page 170 here: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf
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