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NETGEAR Employee Retired

Feb 18, 2015

NAS Not all drives are equal - choosing the right drive for you

One of the most important decisions you will make when purchasing a NAS is the decision as to which drives to purchase to put in it. Indeed depending on which NAS model and which drives you buy you c...

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jtp64

Aspirant

Oct 26, 2015

I have the ReadyNASRND2000, NASDuo, with 2x1TB Seagate Drives running RAID1. So it is an older NAS but still functioning well. I am at capacity would like to replace the 1TB drives with 2x3TB drives but the compatabibility chart only shows 2TB drives as "compatiable". In addition several of the drives are older drives in the list as tested. Do you all know if it really matters or should any reliable 3TB drive should work?

Thanks

Jeff

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 27, 2015
NAS that run 4.1.x firmware are limited to 2 TB drives. Larger drives won't work.
- jtp64
  Aspirant
  Oct 28, 2015
  Thanks for the info.
  
  Jeff