SSD for NAS

chirpa wrote:

On current firmware, they would install and run, but weird things may happen as the maintenance scripts aren't prepared for the SMART values they have. You may get SMART error emails, that a drive failed tests and should be replaced. Fan speeds may be high, as the system uses disk temperature readings to adjust the fan RPMs. They won't get you a lot of performance improvement, the rest of the hardware will still be a bottleneck. The systems don't even max out the current 7200RPM disks as it is.

Good points on the maintenance scripts as that never crossed my mine. I've installed SSD drives in two 5 year old PCs and still saw good improvements in performance. Neither of the PCs supported Sata III so I would expect similar results but I could be wrong.