I have just bought a DNS-323 and two pieces of HD154UI. They work fine in RAID1. Don't know how relevant this is to your situation. Hope it helps.
Thanks, but again this isn't the F4 series which is the only one with the new 4K sectoring.
Why would you want a potentially incompatible, more expensive drive? :-\Especially since installing faster drives in this box is pointless, it's limited by the processor speed anyway.
Why would you want a potentially incompatible, more expensive drive? :-\
Has anyone tested this drive in a DNS-323 yet?
I need a new drive and the Samsung EcoGreen F4EG 2TB is the only 2TB from Samsung that I can get hold of, it looks like it's replacing the F3 2TB.
Don't know if anyone's tried the F4 in any NAS yet, but you can still get the F3. I know most places don't seem to have them anymore, but they're still shown as in-stock at the place where I purchased mine...
http://www.provantage.com/samsung-hd203wi~7SAMA05L.htm
I'm running two as RAID1 and everything's working fine as expected.
I don't know why the fuss about 4K sector drives. The OP specifically wanted it. It's not supported and from what I can make out, is just a pain.
F3s are fine... But I did already say that ::)
They're not supported.
First post in forum
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=12977.0 (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=12977.0)
As the OP, I'd suggest to go back to the post and re-read it. I did not want 4K sectors at all. I just had access at a good price to drives that used them and was questioning whether they would work.
Well, there were general comments in that thread about the 4K sector drives in general, so I'd be somewhat cautious if you're buying.
FWIW, I just ordered a pair of these Seagate ST32000542AS drives, they're conventional 512 byte sectors and should be more than fast enough for any NAS use. They're also low power drives, and Newegg has them for $89 if you're a mailing list customer.
I did read it and thanks for you input. My question still sits.
Here's a bad report on Hitachi, I have two 1TB drives, and one had always had just enough issues that I can't trust it. However, I ran the full diagnostics on it and it passed, so Hitachi doesn't want to exchange it under warranty. :(
I've had drives from every major manufacturer fail, there are occasionally bad models, but one maker doesn't make all bad drives, just as one manufacturer doesn't make all good drives.
This is perhaps the best treatment of the topic I've seen:Which is the most reliable brand . . .
of hard disk drive?
http://www.data-master.com/hard-drives-BestMake.html (http://www.data-master.com/hard-drives-BestMake.html)
I remember in the Radio Shack TRS-80 days buying 16K worth of memory for $350.00 through the computer club and that was a bargain.
GRJ: I did the math you would had to purchase 100000 of those Micropolis units to equal that 2tb drive. I paid $350.00 for a seagate st-250 which was a 51/4" half height 40meg. I also have a brand new 51/4" 1GIG full height SCSI hard drive that my company paid over $1,000.00 for in early eightys. These kids now a days have no clue where we came from and what we had to work with. My first color montior was green letters on a black black. LOL
Terry
so will the SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB work on DNS 323? As where i live only that 2TB hard disk is available.I had two in mine with no problems used beta 1.10 to format them properly though.
I also read about applying some flash to make it work : http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2583829&page=6
any idea?
thanks.