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AMA - Ask Us Anything About ReadyNAS and You Could Win a ReadyNAS 214!
We are hosting an extended 4 week Ask Me Anything AMA for the NETGEAR ReadyNAS line of products and we would love to answer your ReadyNAS questions. Best of all, posting your question below enter...
What drives do you recommend for use in the 214?
Western Digital RED...
https://kb.netgear.com/20641/ReadyNAS-Hard-Disk-Compatibility-List
You can go to this link, select RN214 in the pull down menu. You will see a list of compatible HDDs.
For RN214, a 2TB desktop HDD would be good. Populate all four bays, you will get 8TB total capacity, and around 6TB to 6.5TB effective storage space, derated due to data protection redudancy.
https://kb.netgear.com/20641/ReadyNAS-Hard-Disk-Compatibility-List
You can go to this link, select RN214 in the pull down menu. You will see a list of compatible HDDs.
For RN214, a 2TB desktop HDD would be good. Populate all four bays, you will get 8TB total capacity, and around 6TB to 6.5TB effective storage space, derated due to data protection redudancy.
Any chance for a directory server add-on (Samba domain controller) for the 214 in the future?
We offer our compatibility list
https://kb.netgear.com/20641/ReadyNAS-Hard-Disk-Compatibility-List
each of these drives have been tested in their respective devices and we know they work well.
Keith_N wrote:We offer our compatibility list
https://kb.netgear.com/20641/ReadyNAS-Hard-Disk-Compatibility-List
each of these drives have been tested in their respective devices and we know they work well.
Keith
The 6TB N300 Toshiba disk is NOT Listed ... Hence my question. The Compatibility list is ... not up to date with drives which have been out fo >4months...Both QNAP & Synology have certified them.. why have Netgear not done so?
http://www.toshiba.co.uk/images/local/en_EU/TEE/Compatibility/Compatibility_Info_Toshiba_N300_EN.pdf
Charlesb224 wrote:
The 6TB N300 Toshiba disk is NOT Listed ... Hence my question. The Compatibility list is ... not up to date with drives which have been out fo >4months...Both QNAP & Synology have certified them.. why have Netgear not done so?
Disks not on the list either haven't completed testing, have not been tested or have been found to have compatibility issues. I can try to find out where things are at with these disks.
