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3TB HD into ReadyNas Duo v1
With reference to the following post https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-Hardware-Compatibility/3TB-drive-compatibility/td-p/773594 (I cannot comment anymore), I understand there's no way to ma...
3TB disks are compatible with all our newer models, but not with Sparc models such as the Duo v1. The Sparc models lack GPT support.
Newer models use a different OS and RAID format and our current models use a different filesystem so you can't simply move the disk across it would need to be wiped by the new ReadyNAS.
2TB disks are the max capacity supported by our Sparc models, so the max you can use in the Duo v1 are 2x2TB disks.
Thank you all for answering.
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