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Old 07-26-2012, 01:31 AM   #1077
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Originally Posted by !MiKrofT View Post
Yes. Of course raid/nas specific drives are better as they're certified by the manufacturer as I stated above but there is no reason why greens won't work perfectly for the average home user in a nas mirror other than the LLC which I always change during installation. Many users use these drives just fine as well the nas manufacturers place them on their compatibility list. This is my 3rd set of drives now and they've always worked great.
Actually there are plenty of reports of Greens dying and failing in NAS/home media players. It's not just about certification, the hardware/firmware combo makes the drives unsuitable for this type of usage.

They need to be in a PC to be depended upon. If you use them in a non PC environment, you are risking failure. In that case, use a WD Red (which I think may just be rebranded RE drives, not sure)
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