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hando
May 04, 2013Aspirant
Readynas OS 6 Massive Performance Decrease
Hi, I just updated my Readynas Ultra 4 to OS 6, and am now experiencing a huge performance difference. Previously, I could read at around 110MB/s constantly over a gigabit connection. Now, I barely ...
ihartley
May 05, 2013Tutor
[quote="StephenB"Opinions of course vary. I've been happy with mine.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6157/west ... he-premium did a pretty good test. [/quote]
Interesting article, but I didn't see anything other than configurable TLER, advanced vibration (that many drives support). I think that anyone recommending them as better than other drives (that have configurable TLER) is branding persuasion. I've used WD drives in AMD softraid, and if along TLER they do drop out. But performance, any everything else, is just the same.
There's no rocket science in WD Red, that's all I'm saying - and I'd be sad if people swapped out their drives thinking otherwise. If I need a new drive, I'd be happy to buy them - the price premium for the extended warranty is a no-brainer!
IMHO.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6157/west ... he-premium did a pretty good test. [/quote]
Interesting article, but I didn't see anything other than configurable TLER, advanced vibration (that many drives support). I think that anyone recommending them as better than other drives (that have configurable TLER) is branding persuasion. I've used WD drives in AMD softraid, and if along TLER they do drop out. But performance, any everything else, is just the same.
There's no rocket science in WD Red, that's all I'm saying - and I'd be sad if people swapped out their drives thinking otherwise. If I need a new drive, I'd be happy to buy them - the price premium for the extended warranty is a no-brainer!
IMHO.
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