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8 TB expansion limit needs to be documented!!!
This is negative feedback. The reader is forewarned. I am an unhappy camper.... I have a Ultra 6 PLus that is about a year old. I now find myself in the same position as mearglen, as described i...
Beisser,
Thanks for the response.
I sort of figured the limitation was due to the Linux tools, and was not "readynas specific."
But the important point I'm trying to make is that the poor documentation that came with my Readynas (and which also appears on this web site) very much is "readynas specific."
If Readynas had provided documentation of this limitation (I, like other users, am running in to the 8 TB lifetime expansion limit), I would simply have put my 3 new hard drives in my readynas and then powered it up, when I first got the system. I would be all set, and could then make full use of the 6 disk bays in my system.
But readynas (netgear) did not do this. Instead, their documentation states, explicitly, that I can start with one disk, and then expand one disk at a time. Which is what I did. And which is why I (and others) now have significant problems.
I am posting this both to vent a bit, and in hopes that Readynas will amend their documentation and marketing material, so future users can avoid this issue.
Thanks for the response.
I sort of figured the limitation was due to the Linux tools, and was not "readynas specific."
But the important point I'm trying to make is that the poor documentation that came with my Readynas (and which also appears on this web site) very much is "readynas specific."
If Readynas had provided documentation of this limitation (I, like other users, am running in to the 8 TB lifetime expansion limit), I would simply have put my 3 new hard drives in my readynas and then powered it up, when I first got the system. I would be all set, and could then make full use of the 6 disk bays in my system.
But readynas (netgear) did not do this. Instead, their documentation states, explicitly, that I can start with one disk, and then expand one disk at a time. Which is what I did. And which is why I (and others) now have significant problems.
I am posting this both to vent a bit, and in hopes that Readynas will amend their documentation and marketing material, so future users can avoid this issue.
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