A few years ago, I bought the Linksys Mediahub NMH405 which came with one 500GB, 5400rpm WD Green drive. I now want to set it up with a 2nd drive, mirrored.
The trouble? I waited too long. Now there are no longer these 500GB Greens being made. WD changed their Greens (they were originally touted & sold as NAS-ready) when they decided to trot out the Reds at a premium price.
Now, all I see is 1TB Reds— no more 500's & no more 5400rpm.
Unless— does anyone here know of a source?
Cheers!
What difference does it make?
I'm trying to determine if you are talking about a early (2008?) WD Caviar Green @ 5400 R.P.M. / spindle speed w/IntelliPower.
Look @ http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=WD+Green+500gb&… and see if any of it looks familiar.
It's the WD5000AVVS/5400- & yes, the Intellipower circa 2008…I've only ever used it for non-essentials (personal) like the kids school work, music, shows, etc…& as a backup for other bits & bobs. I'm now setting up a proper server (mirrored also) for my work & this mediahub will hold all personal stuff- so now I need to set it up RAID mirrored. My end result is to eliminate about 8 - 10 externals that are floating around with duplicate files.
What I found in my reading is that the original WD Greens were actually promoted as "for NAS"—> until they decided to market the new Red line. Once they did that, they suddenly stated that the Green drives were not good for NAS. I believe they altered something which now causes the Greens to park heads after a few seconds of non-use- thus rendering it not healthy for a 24/7 system.
It's possible a 1TB might work- just seems a waste of drive & $$$. I was hoping to happen upon an old store of original drives.
Anyway- thanks for the tip.
Cheers!
Ignore the marketing. The only disadvantage to the greens is a very slight delay the first time you access data. They will also use less power.
I'll just post this:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Western-Digital-AV-GP-WD5000AVVS-… in case it is of interest…
9 Power_On_Hours -O—CK 099 099 000 - 1395
Barely used! Having said that not convinced this is a great deal, buy two 1TB if you are looking at spending this much (or http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&c…).
The older drives in my server are at 24782. They are the cheapest Seagates with no problems (have even reached 66 Degrees once, no issues).
Check the manual for your NAS. It may be able to mirror a 500 on to a 1TB. And if you can another 1TB later you can expand.
Also don't worry about buying a red over a green, it's all fine.
I'm now recalling buying a WD Blue & not using it on a job…have to hunt through my totes. I just cannot believe I have no leftover 500's! I'm tempted to break open a couple of 1TB externals just to get the drives out now- lol.
Thanks all- I do appreciate the ideas & feedback.
Cheers! :)
Hi, Do you have a WD Model Number for you current drive, e.g WD5000AZRX ?