EXACT MAKE AND MODEL FOR CLONE DRIVES ?

yerry · October 30, 2015, 4:44am

I need to clone drives for data recovery.

I found some drives but I’m not sure if has to be the exact make and model.

Can I purchase any of the WD30EFRX, or have to be the exact WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 Model?

DSLAM · October 30, 2015, 5:28am

Not sure what you mean. Where does a Drobo come into this? A Drobo doesnt care what kind of drive you put in.

Docchris · October 30, 2015, 6:55am

No it does not need to have the same firmware (which is what those extra numbers at the end are)

I would use the same make and model just in case a different make is a slightly different capacity

Paul · October 30, 2015, 5:25pm

btw just for context, we’ve been trying to help yerry from his other post here which is here which has more info about reasoning for clone work:
http://www.drobospace.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=144867

yerry · November 5, 2015, 3:04pm

Thanks Docchris and Paul, I needed this confirmation before spending all that money buying the drives…

I Had the same make, model and firmware of the 2 and 3 TB drives but needed to make sure about the 4TB drives.

Wish me luck !!!

Paul · November 5, 2015, 5:20pm

here you go my friend, Goodluck…