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Ability to use 3TB disks on ReadyNas Duo
Hi, I have a ReadyNas Duo with 2TB that are quickly filling up. I have been hoping that it would be possible to use 3TB disks when they get more common, but it doesn't seem so. Is the problem with ...
v1 readynas duo not supporting 3TB kinda sucks...but i'm hoping the work around is to to simply use the usb ports on it.
FYI there is a good background article on why things changed when hdds jump from 2TB to 3TB...
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/e ... rives.html
...I've read also that also impacts some media players, smart tvs etc that simply dont know how to handle the large drives.
While it the v1 may not support 3TB internal SATA, it may be worth searching for success stories of external 3TB being connected via USB.
I just connected my seagate external 3TB to my v1 duo (2xbay), looking under Volumes -> USB Storage Devices it came up with this:
USB_HDD_9 2794 GB No Filesystem 480
I could potentially format it as EXT3, but i'd need to investigate to see if would work before trying it out (i have all my data backed up on it, and not keen to wipe!).... keen to hear if anyone else has tried this?
Dek
FYI there is a good background article on why things changed when hdds jump from 2TB to 3TB...
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/e ... rives.html
...I've read also that also impacts some media players, smart tvs etc that simply dont know how to handle the large drives.
While it the v1 may not support 3TB internal SATA, it may be worth searching for success stories of external 3TB being connected via USB.
I just connected my seagate external 3TB to my v1 duo (2xbay), looking under Volumes -> USB Storage Devices it came up with this:
USB_HDD_9 2794 GB No Filesystem 480
I could potentially format it as EXT3, but i'd need to investigate to see if would work before trying it out (i have all my data backed up on it, and not keen to wipe!).... keen to hear if anyone else has tried this?
Dek
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