NAS Drive

[Handruin]

That's getting close though. That's a large diameter rotor and 9MW!

 

[LunarMist]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestas_V164

Rotor diameter 164m, total height 220m. Still not big enough.

It is not large enough for what, exactly? When the rotor exceeds the speed of sound does it go back in time?

 

[ddrueding]

It is not large enough for what, exactly? When the rotor exceeds the speed of sound does it go back in time?

The bigger they get the slower they go. But the torque gets insane and breaks things. Mainly the gearbox.

 

[Stereodude]

It is not large enough for what, exactly?

To cool your SSD apparently.

 

[LunarMist]

Maybe it is needed for X299 multi-M.2?

 

[Clocker]

The WD 8TB drives are back on sale. This time for $160. Supposed to be a RED inside. The two I bought previously were indeed REDs inside.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easy...-3-0-hard-drive-black/5792401.p?skuId=5792401

 

[LunarMist]

The WD 8TB drives are back on sale. This time for $160. Supposed to be a RED inside. The two I bought previously were indeed REDs inside.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easy...-3-0-hard-drive-black/5792401.p?skuId=5792401

I tried two nearby stores with no luck.

 

[Newtun]

I tried two nearby stores with no luck.

Order online, with free delivery to a BB near U?

 

[Clocker]

They have free 2-day delivery to the house for orders over $35.

 

[LunarMist]

Home delivery is not an option now. I ordered and will see if they are in by Fridays.

 

[LunarMist]

Home delivery is not an option now. I ordered and will see if they are in by Fridays.

It's in a different city from what I expected.

 

[LunarMist]

So I opened one of the extra drives from a month ago or so, and the internal drives are a different kind of RED from what is sold online.
The model is WD80EFAX, so maybe it is of a lower grade or has different internal organs.

The cases really crack and cut the fingers.

 

[LunarMist]

I keep getting the error message from the NAS that there is a fan failure at startup, yet fans are both working. It's quite annoyingly beeping at us each time.

The fans are typically pretty easy to replace, though I've only had to do it once.

I checked the TS-831X logs and there have been no warnings for a few months. I think it was resolved by a QTS update in August or early September. There was nothing mentioned in the release notes though.

I was a bit surprised to note that the newest drives are listed as having been in operation for about as long as they have been installed. However, I have the power saving in effect and the drives spin down after 30 minutes of idle. Does a drive remain under power when parked and that time counts on the odometer so to speak?