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Readynas duo v2 with st3000dm001
Dear community I have only I think a simple question since eight years I have got 2x 3 TB hard drives ST3000DM001-9YN166 in my nas. yesterday one gives error and so I want to change the disk with a ne...
Snoopyonline78 wrote:
Dear all, thanks for your help. I decided for the Seagate ironwolf pro 4TB 7200rpm CMR.
Will it work?Yes.
Thanks, i’m a little confused.
Stephen told me, to buy WD red drives, but red drives are smr :/
Thanks to all
Stephen told me, to buy WD red drives, but red drives are smr :/
Thanks to all
Snoopyonline78 wrote:
Stephen told me, to buy WD red drives, but red drives are smr :/
No, I didn't.
I recommended the Red Plus WD30EFRX drive (which is CMR), and recommended against the Red WD30EFAX - because it is SMR (though I didn't call that out in the earlier post).
Part of WD's response to the SMR backlash was to re-brand their NAS-purposed drives. The SMR ones are all branded as Reds, the CMR models are all branded as Red Plus. Personally I would have done more, but it is good that they at least are making it easier to tell which drives are SMR and which ones are not.
StephenB wrote:Part of WD's response to the SMR backlash was to re-brand their NAS-purposed drives. The SMR ones are all branded as Reds, the CMR models are all branded as Red Plus. Personally I would have done more, but it is good that they at least are making it easier to tell which drives are SMR and which ones are not.
You would not do more if, like WD, you cared more about your bottom line than your customers and believe that the vast majority of your customers are simply ignorant (which may not be an invalid assumption) so your reputation will not suffer too much. If WD did more, they could be on the hook to replace all of those drives that are clearly not suited to the use for which they were sold, especially in the EU, where cosumer protection laws are far better than in the USA. By continuing to claim that they are still suited for use in a NAS, WD is not replacing drives for those of us who took them at their word that the drive we purchased was suitable, yet had to replace it later at our own expense.
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