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If one has a 4 bay ReadyNAS system and has two bays with 6TB HDDs in these two bays and the other two are empty, can one install the 10TB HDDs in them at a later date and the 6TB and 10TB HDDs will function together in the the ReadyNAS? As the size of NAS HDDs increase, will the ReadyNAS systems be able to accept the larger HDDs?
David-YKS wrote:
As the size of NAS HDDs increase, will the ReadyNAS systems be able to accept the larger HDDs?
We won't know for sure whether higher capacity disks than what are currently available work till they're available so we can test them in current models. It's possible there could be software/hardware compatibility issues. If there are software issues they may be addressable by a firmware update. If there's a hardware compatibility issue then it could be time to get a new NAS.
David-YKS wrote:
If one has a 4 bay ReadyNAS system and has two bays with 6TB HDDs in these two bays and the other two are empty, can one install the 10TB HDDs in them at a later date and the 6TB and 10TB HDDs will function together in the the ReadyNAS?
Yes. Using X-RAID you'll get horizontal expansion when you add the first 10TB disk and after adding the second 10TB disk you'll get some more horizontal expansion, plus vertical expansion. X-RAID can only expand when redundant space can be added to the volume. So 2x6TB and 1x10TB disk will give you the same volume capacity as 3x6TB disks, but 2x6TB + 2x10TB disks will give you a higher capacity volume than 4x6TB disks.