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nick_tru
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Apr 14, 2017
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Only one HDD recognized by Readyshare in a 4 slots HDD docking station

I have a 4 slots HDD docking station and installed 2 HDD. Each HDD has 2 partitions. It works fine while connect to a laptop. All 4 partitions can be accessed. But when I connect the docking station...
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  • VE6CGX's avatar
    VE6CGX
    Apr 15, 2017

    That is not a NAS which has it's own OS. That is attached USB device to router. If you want NAS, buy a real one like Synology, QNAP, etc. The multi bay enclosure has  compability problem. In the past I played with them like you and finally I realized, real NAS is the way to go. I have a 4 bay Synology NAS which does everything I want. Even if the USB attached drives work, they are slow, unstable at best.

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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 15, 2017
nick_tru wrote:
But when I connect the docking station to R6300, ReadyShare detects 2 partitions of 1 HDD only.

 

ReadyShare is not designed to work with docking stations.