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Max capacity on RNDU4000 or RNDP400U with 3TB
I'm looking at either the 4000 Ultra or Ultra Plus, diskless. The HCL says it now supports the WD Red 3TB disks. Why does the specs ofthis unit still say maximum space is 8TB? With 4 bays and all with...
The Ultra units originally shipped with 4.2.12 back in 2010. The Ultra Plus was released later than the Ultra. If the NAS you get has firmware older than 4.2.16 then you'll need to do a firmware update to get support for 3TB drives. it's easy enough to update the firmware.
1. Put one disk in the NAS
2. Do a factory default: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
3. Update the firmware: http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_x86_4_2_22_Notes
4. Verify that the firmware update was successful
5. Power down, put the rest of the disks in and do another factory default
This procedure will give you a clean setup on the latest firmware.
Also if the single disk you put in the NAS is a 3TB one it should still be recognised on firmware older than 4.2.16 but with <1TB of capacity. This is O.K. The firmware update should still work fine.
1. Put one disk in the NAS
2. Do a factory default: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
3. Update the firmware: http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_x86_4_2_22_Notes
4. Verify that the firmware update was successful
5. Power down, put the rest of the disks in and do another factory default
This procedure will give you a clean setup on the latest firmware.
Also if the single disk you put in the NAS is a 3TB one it should still be recognised on firmware older than 4.2.16 but with <1TB of capacity. This is O.K. The firmware update should still work fine.
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