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[jamieburchell]

Is the SATA controller revision 1 or 2 (I'm assuming not 3)

I can't seem to find the answer.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Since the box doesn't come close to 1.5ghz transfer rates, it's somewhat a moot point, no?   BTW, the data rate is not the only thing that distinguishes SATA-1 from SATA-2, other features changed as well.

[D-Link Multimedia]

Sata II. As GRJ stated, that is not the limitation of the device speed at this time.

[jamieburchell]

I was just curious to know as I believe some drives require a correctly set jumper to determine the correct mode? I appreciate the speeds won't be reached.

[gunrunnerjohn]

FWIW, I've had at least three different brands of SATA drives in my boxes, all of them with the 3.0ghz interface, none of them had any problems with the NAS.

[jamieburchell]

What do you think about buying the more expensive enterprise level drives that are specifically designed for RAID arrays, with the higher MTBF and the short error recovery times?

I was reading in another thread that using desktop drives with the long error recovery time could be the problem when users are complaining of randomly slow or degraded drives after a period of time.

Presumably D-Link have designed the box to be able to take most desktop drives- but how about the TLER/ERC/CCTL time issue in desktop drives in a RAID array?

Personally, I wouldn't mind spending the extra if I thought it would be a more reliable solution. 

[gunrunnerjohn]

I've had no problems with the cheap spread, but I don't have any of the 4k sector drives.