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About storage capacity in Ready NAS RN10400 (3EPE4CEW00D1A)
Hi I want to know about the storage of the above mentioned model of NAS that what size of hard disks can be inserted in NAS RN10400. Is it 8TB, 16TB or 32TB.
girishnegi wrote:
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I want to know about the storage of the above mentioned model of NAS that what size of hard disks can be inserted in NAS RN10400. Is it 8TB, 16TB or 32TB.
Hi girishnegi,
Please enter our HCL official website to get your answer
https://kb.netgear.com/20641/ReadyNAS-Hard-Disk-Compatibility-List
There is no known volume size limit, and no known limit on disk size. If you look at the HCL using xiao123 you will see 10 TB drives listed. Now that 12 TB drives are coming on to the market, I expect those will be added.
HOWEVER, the RN104 is the slowest OS6 ReadyNAS model. If you are using RAID, then the volume resync time scales with the volume size. So if you max the disk capacity you will have resync times of several days to weeks. If you go with very large disks it is best to use JBOD (one disk per volume) or perhaps two RAID-1 volumes. Even then you are likely to be disappointed in the overall performance.
Generally I think the x86 models (RN42x, RN52x, RN62x) are better choices if you are wanting to use the largest disks. Also, it is cheaper to expand capacity by adding a disk than it is to replace one. So I suggest getting enough bays that you can keep one or two slots empty for future expansion.
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