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3TB drive compatibility?
I own a ReadyNAS Duo with a pair of 1.5 TB drives. It is starting to get full so I am considering upgrading the drives. I could upgrade to 2TB drives, but that seems like a lot of cost and effort f...
greater than 2tb drives will depend on a number of factors, the primary ones being:
GPT partition support (work in progress on x86, sparc unknown)
4k sector support (available in 4.2.12 beta for x86, sparc unknown)
possibly efi bios support (unknown if any current hardware will support this, or if it will even be an issue)
I agree with you about the 1.5 to 2.0 upgrade, and I'd rather wait for 2.5 or 3.0 drives to arrive.
x86 products I expect should be fine, but I am wary that hardware limitations may arise for sparc based units capping them at 2tb drives.
we have a long wait yet for 3tb drives, end of 2010/early 2011 from a recent news tidbit.
more info @ google and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table
GPT partition support (work in progress on x86, sparc unknown)
4k sector support (available in 4.2.12 beta for x86, sparc unknown)
possibly efi bios support (unknown if any current hardware will support this, or if it will even be an issue)
I agree with you about the 1.5 to 2.0 upgrade, and I'd rather wait for 2.5 or 3.0 drives to arrive.
x86 products I expect should be fine, but I am wary that hardware limitations may arise for sparc based units capping them at 2tb drives.
we have a long wait yet for 3tb drives, end of 2010/early 2011 from a recent news tidbit.
more info @ google and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table
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