Post by manni01 on Jan 8, 2013 18:39:26 GMT 7
Hi everyone,
I'm running 2.00.18.4 in my non pro N5200 with 5xWD15EADS and it all works fine.
I'm about to upgrade the drives to 5xHD204UI, and was wondering which f/w I should be using for best stability/capacity.
I understand the 2.0.18.4 (latest stable) should handle the 2TB, but without the 4K formatting.
The 2.00.18.8 (latest beta) should also support them, with 4K formatting, therefore added capacity.
I would of course like to make use of the extra capacity, but are there any known issues with this beta f/w?
I will build the array from scratch, so upgrade in place is not an issue. My plan is to back up the array, take the 1.5TB drives out, update the f/w if necessary, put the new drives in, and format the new array.
I favor stability/reliability over capacity/performance, as I won't be able to back up the content of this NAS (no crucial data, but still, I'd rather not lose the lot:)).
Thanks for your help!
PS: I'm aware that create/rebuild time will be slow and that 1.5tb/2tb are not advised on non pro systems, but I'm fine with that.
I'm running 2.00.18.4 in my non pro N5200 with 5xWD15EADS and it all works fine.
I'm about to upgrade the drives to 5xHD204UI, and was wondering which f/w I should be using for best stability/capacity.
I understand the 2.0.18.4 (latest stable) should handle the 2TB, but without the 4K formatting.
The 2.00.18.8 (latest beta) should also support them, with 4K formatting, therefore added capacity.
I would of course like to make use of the extra capacity, but are there any known issues with this beta f/w?
I will build the array from scratch, so upgrade in place is not an issue. My plan is to back up the array, take the 1.5TB drives out, update the f/w if necessary, put the new drives in, and format the new array.
I favor stability/reliability over capacity/performance, as I won't be able to back up the content of this NAS (no crucial data, but still, I'd rather not lose the lot:)).
Thanks for your help!
PS: I'm aware that create/rebuild time will be slow and that 1.5tb/2tb are not advised on non pro systems, but I'm fine with that.