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Brand New ReadyNas 204 2 x 3TB drives only show as 2.72TB
Hi all, Sorry for the possible noob question here but I am completely new to NAS. Just decided to invest in a new NAS 204 and bought 2 x 3TB WD Red drives to install from out of the box. W...
Thanks mdgm,
Just did some research on RAID which helped a lot, that makes complete sense now !!
If one of my disks fails then the data is still safe because of the other one...
I didn't even think about that !!
That's awesome if I need more I will add another 3TB at a later date, thanks for your help.
Although could I add a 4TB ? or are they all supposed to be the same ?
Nick
Yes you can add a 4TB disk but note it will only use 3TB of that disk till you add a second 4TB disk.
Do note that there are other problems than disk failure that can happen so backups e.g. to a USB disk, another NAS are important. Do not store important data on just the one device.
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