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enkrypt3d
Jun 06, 2012Tutor
4TB drives coming out....
will these be compatible with my NVX Pioneer edition? I'm almost out of space on my 4 x 2TB drives... and going to 3TB drives really isn't worth it.... anyone know? Thx!
swamp2
Mar 08, 2014Tutor
StephenB wrote: HCL - "hardware compatibility list" http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641
Note the warning: Be sure to use only drives recommended in the compatibility list, otherwise, NETGEAR Technical Support can and will deny support.
I did look there. No 4 TB drives listed in the HCL for the Pioneer NVX only 3 TB
StephenB wrote: You seem to be mixing up the two constraints.
If you begin with 2x1TB, you start with a volume size of 1 TB. You can expand that to about 9 TB.
The 16 TiB ceiling is separate. If you start with 5x4TB, you'd have a 16 TB volume size with RAID-5/xraid single redundancy. You can't expand it any more.
These limits apply to 4.2.x systems and 5.3.x systems - they don't apply to the new OS6 products.
Got it that is more clear. I have a 4.2.x system. How can I check if I began with 2x1TB? I may have started fresh with 4x1TB since that point in time. Thanks again.
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