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Tutor

May 17, 2019

WD Red Model EFRX vrs new EFAX

I note that the WD20EFRX (2TB, WD Red) is approved for use in the RN424. However, the newer version of the Red is WD20EFAX, and has more cache (256MB for the EFAX vrs 64MB for the EFRX) and has faste...

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

May 17, 2019

Netgear is slow to approve new drives. I'd be shocked if the WD20EFAX didn't work in the RN424. FWIW, I installed the 10 TB WD100EFAX in my RN526x a couple of weeks ago, and it is working fine.

WarrenT
Tutor
May 17, 2019
Hi Stephen,

Thanks very much for your helpful advice.

Cheers,

Warren
- WarrenT
  Tutor
  May 20, 2019
  Hi, Is it possible to set the Power Timer to a finer setting than every hour, eg in 20 minute increments?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Warren
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    May 20, 2019
    WarrenT wrote:
    
    Hi, Is it possible to set the Power Timer to a finer setting than every hour, eg in 20 minute increments?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Warren
    
    Unfortunately not. It'd be useful to have a finer granularity (1 minute) - for instance if you want to boot up a NAS to receive a backup hosted on another machine.