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Newegg has Western Digital Red Drives in Stock
Hi all, Having read many post here, I see that folks are taking a liking to the WD Red drives. Newegg has the 1Tb and 2TB in stock now. The 2TB is $119 with free shipping. http://www.newegg.com/...
Hi,
I have not yet used the Reds. I searched on this forum and read everything I could find on the Reds. People spoke very highly of them. I read a bunch of posts on compatibility of the Reds with the Duo V1 and with the V2 and read the HCLs. Found one person here who said he has a Red working on a Duo but could not get any traction on anybody getting a definitive answer from Netgear. WD's website says the Reds are compatible with the Netgear Duo but they don't differentiate between the V1 and the V2. Thi scould be interpreted as a) the Reds work with both the V1 AND the V2 or 2) that WD only tested one model and then cast a wide net. Could not find out anything on which was correct. I believe it was Papabear that said a number of times that the Reds were scarce and sold out very quickly whenever any supplier got them.
So, I kept an eye on Newegg and some other sites. When the 2TB popped up for $119 with free shipping, I just decided to take a chance and try them in my Duo V1. The wors that can happen is they don't work. Not that I don't care about $240, but one can always use drives somewhere.
I will report back once I get them installed.
John.
I have not yet used the Reds. I searched on this forum and read everything I could find on the Reds. People spoke very highly of them. I read a bunch of posts on compatibility of the Reds with the Duo V1 and with the V2 and read the HCLs. Found one person here who said he has a Red working on a Duo but could not get any traction on anybody getting a definitive answer from Netgear. WD's website says the Reds are compatible with the Netgear Duo but they don't differentiate between the V1 and the V2. Thi scould be interpreted as a) the Reds work with both the V1 AND the V2 or 2) that WD only tested one model and then cast a wide net. Could not find out anything on which was correct. I believe it was Papabear that said a number of times that the Reds were scarce and sold out very quickly whenever any supplier got them.
So, I kept an eye on Newegg and some other sites. When the 2TB popped up for $119 with free shipping, I just decided to take a chance and try them in my Duo V1. The wors that can happen is they don't work. Not that I don't care about $240, but one can always use drives somewhere.
I will report back once I get them installed.
John.
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