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replacement Harddrive ReadyNAS Ultra 4
Hi guys, I have 2 drives, but one has failed. (ST32000542AS) 2TB Seagate Barracuda. These drives are very hard to find now. What is a viable replacement for the drive? (ie readily available o...
The HCL for the legacy NAS isn't updated anymore, and I see no benefit in going crazy finding obsolete drives.
If you like Seagate, then go with a ST2000VN000 (Ironman drive). It's intended for NAS, and should work well in a RAID array.
h22solutions wrote:
If I buy a slightly different spec/cache etc, should I buy 2, let one replicate and then replace the working drive?
Mix and match is fine. The two disks were subjected to the same loads under the same conditions, so I'd check the SMART stats on the other old drive. If it is beginning to fail, then you should of course replace it too.
The HCL for the legacy NAS isn't updated anymore, and I see no benefit in going crazy finding obsolete drives.
If you like Seagate, then go with a ST2000VN000 (Ironman drive). It's intended for NAS, and should work well in a RAID array.
h22solutions wrote:
If I buy a slightly different spec/cache etc, should I buy 2, let one replicate and then replace the working drive?
Mix and match is fine. The two disks were subjected to the same loads under the same conditions, so I'd check the SMART stats on the other old drive. If it is beginning to fail, then you should of course replace it too.
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