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Author Topic: Advanced format drives + FW 1.10 beta  (Read 4110 times)

badmem

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Advanced format drives + FW 1.10 beta
« on: May 27, 2011, 02:49:44 AM »
Now that the 1.10 beta firmware has been out for a while, what are peoples experience with using advanced format drives like the WD EARS drives in RAID 1 configuration with this firmware?

I am thinking of upgrading from my 2 x 1TB drives to 2 x 2TB drives. The only drives available locally are WD EARS and I want to use the drives in disk mirroring mode.

TIA
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boulgakov

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Re: Advanced format drives + FW 1.10 beta
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2011, 04:50:06 AM »
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badmem

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Re: Advanced format drives + FW 1.10 beta
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2011, 08:23:33 AM »
I decided to try anyway. I backed up everything, updated the firmware to the 1.1 b7 and installed two 2Tb WD EARS drives. The RAID 1 was created and formatted successfully. I have been using this configuration for two months without a problem, so for me it works reliably.
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dosborne

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Re: Advanced format drives + FW 1.10 beta
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2011, 11:18:32 AM »
With the most recent 1.10 beta it should be fine.
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