I scored a ReadyNAS ultra 4 RNDU4000 earlier through work. I have been given permission to take it home now I just need to get some drives for it.
It will be replacing my Ready NAS duo which has a single 2TB drive in it at the moment (A Seagate drive running 7200 rpm)
What drives shall I stick inside the Ultra.
is there really any difference in using 5400PRM drives? I do have a Gigabit network. I will be using the Ultra as a media server as well as backing up my home computers.
once I install 2 drives I and copy the content down from the DUO I will move the Duo drive over to the Ultra will mixed 5400/7200 cause issues?
I have a mix of 2x3TB 5400 RPM and 2x1TB 7200 RPM drives in my NVX which is a little slower than the Ultra 4. I have not noticed a significant slowdown in file transfer rates. They have gotten along well now fro almost 3 months.
Using slower drives there is a slowdown but it's not that bad. I think it's a 10% performance hit using 5900RPM drives, so maybe a little more for 5400RPM ones.
