Drives for a Media Vault

I have a Ciprico Media Vault (4210 2.5 terabyte) and lost a drive. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement for it. It uses Hitachi Deskstar HDT725025VLA380 250GB SATA drives(Hitachi PN 0A33423). My next question is, did Ciprico do anything to these drives that would make them a proprietary part.

I haven't had a drive fail yet with 99.9% runtime for over 4 years, but I understand that the replacement drives were tested and certified by Ciprico (now defunct). One Stop Systems has now taken over the MediaVault line, and should provide support.
http://onestopsystems.com/storagesolutions_media_vault4210.php
I think it would be safe to purchase the much cheaper non-certified drive, although Ciprico said they would NOT offer support for that.
I would check in at the COW before buying a non-certified drive: http://forums.creativecow.net/ciprico
There are guys there, like Kevin Bare who used to work for Ciprico, that can help.
Tim

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