N8800, WD Green drive nightmare!

[R25097]

WD2002FYPS (RE-4 GP) and Thecus N8800SAS
After months of disappointment following numerous raid dropouts
(btw Thecus raid reconstruction is fast and reliable)
I upgraded all 8 hard drives firmware and then, after contact with
Western Digital support, I downgraded the disk to Sata I (150 Mb/s)
using the required jumper settings.
Since then, 6 weeks ago, I dare to write that the RE-4 GP is fully
compatible with Thecus, no more problems after writing, copying
or erasing hundreds gigs of data.
And Sata 1 settings do not seem to affect disk performance.
I also get a consistent 50 to 70 Mb/s file transfer speed.

[Guinness]

Try upgrading your RE-4 GP to RE-5. Resolved all of my issues. You can find the firmware and dos flash utility on 3ware's site. I was unable to find it on the WD site. I've tested it on roughly 300 drives with no bricks/issues as of yet.

http ://www .3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=15592