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Author Topic: Western Digital Red  (Read 3050 times)

Ignignokt7

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Western Digital Red
« on: July 15, 2012, 06:42:26 PM »
I'm curious if anyone has tried one of the new Western Digital Red NAS optimized drives in the DNS-320 and if there were any compatibility issues.  It could be marketing fluff I guess, but they sound interesting.
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jwatkins36

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Re: Western Digital Red
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2012, 06:00:09 PM »
See the thread in the DNS-325 Disk compatibility forums, I asked this same question there.

These Western Digital RED drives are going to be very popular, due to price and due to their firmware being tweaked for NAS and RAID.

I don't understand why D-Link wouldn't test their NAS boxes for compatibility with these new drives!

Now I am saving up for a DROBO, which is compatible with the WD REDs.

Good Luck.

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Quote from: JavaLawyer on August 22, 2012, 05:02:55 AM
Based on the cross compatibility between all of the products you mentioned, I would presume there is a high likelihood of compatibility, although you'll have to either test this for yourself or look for other DNS-325 owners who tested these HDDs. Unfortunately, D-Link does not take HDD compatibility requests. Aside from the periodic compatibility lists D-Link publishes, this forum is the next best source for such information based on DNS-325 owner contributions.


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hongaun

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Re: Western Digital Red
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2012, 06:54:24 PM »
I'll most likely be getting a 2TB red drive this weekend, will keep you posted :)
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Teaser

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Re: Western Digital Red
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2012, 02:17:15 AM »
Gotta love the marketing behind these... You'd almost swear that any existing drives out there were next to useless in a NAS, so you absolutely MUST spend an extra premium on these...

Having said that, a 3 year warranty in this day and age is pretty damn tempting (damn you Seagate!!!)
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