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Maximal capacity of ReadyNAS
Hi everyone, I think i will buy a Netgear ReadyNAS 212 soon. (http://www.netgear.com/home/products/connected-storage/RN212.aspx) in the description, there is something like "Up to 12TB of sto...
FelipePeruda wrote:
Does this mean there is a maximal capacity implied by the firmware of the NAS or it is just a maximal capacity implied by current hard-drive performances?
The max capacity implied by current hard-drives. With the default xraid (RAID-1) configuration it would be half that (6 TB).
I suspect the datasheet will be revised to say 16 TB at some point soon, since 8 TB drives are available. (Note I don't work for Netgear).
It is possible there is an architectural limit, but there is nothing published - and the RN214 uses the same architecture.
FelipePeruda wrote:
Does this mean there is a maximal capacity implied by the firmware of the NAS or it is just a maximal capacity implied by current hard-drive performances?
The max capacity implied by current hard-drives. With the default xraid (RAID-1) configuration it would be half that (6 TB).
I suspect the datasheet will be revised to say 16 TB at some point soon, since 8 TB drives are available. (Note I don't work for Netgear).
It is possible there is an architectural limit, but there is nothing published - and the RN214 uses the same architecture.
We can't know for sure whether higher capacity disks will work till we test them once they are available.
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