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ReadyNAS 204 - Seagate 8TB Archive Drives Keep Failing
I have had nothing but problems using my ReadyNAS 204 and 4x Seagate 8TB Archive Drives. I would have no problem with a drive failure taking two weeks to re-initialize as long as it was truely a dri...
Thanks for the feedback everyone. The original issue was the failing drives. My answer was the firmware update to v6.7.4. I was just about to spend a ton of money only because I could not keep the drives from failing over and over. I use the NAS simply for storing videos and almost, if never, need to delete any files, just add to them. The Raid stripe is all the redundancy that I require and has proven reliable despite over 10 drive failures since last Xmas.
As long as the drives remain as stable as they have for the last week, even after moving new videos to it each day, I am perfectly happy with the performance of the 8TB Seagate archive drives in my ReadyNAS 204. Hopefully they won't mess anything up that fixed this problem in subsequent firmware updates (crossed fingers).
I consider this thread closed. If the drives become unstable in the future, or I need to upgrade, I will definately get NAS ready drives.
Again,
Thanks,
There were several people who tried these drives when they first came onto the market. Some found their performance acceptable, others did not. I recall that a firmware update basically destroyed their performance, but Netgear did make some driver changes to resolve that (back then) even though the disks were not recommended for NAS use and were not on the HCL.
I think interest in them has waned, since NAS-purposed drives of 8 TB or larger are now available and affordable.
In any event, it sounds to me like you know the risks, and there's not much point in harping on them.
If you do run into issues, you might find it better to set these up as JBOD (each disk it's own volume).
Thanks for the feedback everyone. The original issue was the failing drives. My answer was the firmware update to v6.7.4. I was just about to spend a ton of money only because I could not keep the drives from failing over and over. I use the NAS simply for storing videos and almost, if never, need to delete any files, just add to them. The Raid stripe is all the redundancy that I require and has proven reliable despite over 10 drive failures since last Xmas.
As long as the drives remain as stable as they have for the last week, even after moving new videos to it each day, I am perfectly happy with the performance of the 8TB Seagate archive drives in my ReadyNAS 204. Hopefully they won't mess anything up that fixed this problem in subsequent firmware updates (crossed fingers).
I consider this thread closed. If the drives become unstable in the future, or I need to upgrade, I will definately get NAS ready drives.
Again,
Thanks,
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