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Max HDD support readynas
Hi all, Just want to state first that the model I have isn't with 500GB Desktop drives it actually came with 4x1TB enterprise drives. Now that is out of the way, I wanted to know how can I find o...
The NAS you have is also called the 2100v2. It runs 4.2.x firmware, correct?
The HCL still exists, but hasn't been updated by Netgear in a very long time - so it is not useful any more. I'd suggest enterprise class (either WDC Gold or the Seagate equivalent).
The hard drive limit is similar to the ReadyNAS pro. You can certainly go to 4TB, but if you much higher you will run into the expansion limits of OS 4.2. That is, you can't expand a volume more than 16 TiB total size and you can't expand it more than 8 TiB from it's starting point.
You can overcome these limits if you convert the firmware to OS6 - that is not supported by Netgear, but many people have done it. Another benefit of OS6 is that it supports SMB3 - your NAS uses SMB1, which is being deprecated. Note that the 2100v1 cannot be converted to OS6 - only the 2100v2 can be.
Disks larger than 4 TB often use alternative mounting points - which won't all line up with the mounting holes in your disk trays. So you might want to research that before you upgrade.
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