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New ReadyNAS purchase decision
Hello,
My RN516 with 6 4TB Hitachi NAS drives is approaching capacity. My first notion was to upgrade to 6 8TB WD Red drives but I notice the RN516 datasheet lists its max internal capacity at 36TB. The other thought was that it seems a shame to replace the 6 4TB drives that would then be wasted. So I am considering the purchase of a RN526 and the 6 8TB WD Reds.
Is Netgear still the way to go with NAS purchases? It concerns me how long the current line has been on the market with out a refresh. I also see Newegg has no Netgear ReadyNAS available through them. Thats not an issue since I'll buy from Amazon, but it's still a concern that they are not listing ReadyNAS
Thanks
Dennis
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Historical data in the spec sheet set at product intro - current ReadyNAS HDD compatibility list does show up to 16 TB storage blocks also for your RN516 or the RN526X (or almost all when i have it right).
Regards,
-Kurt
I've stuck with ReadyNAS for personal use since before Netgear acquired it. I likely would go another direction (though I don't know what, since I'm not in the market) for a business system.
One of the big mistakes many people make is to initially fill the NAS with drives, which it sounds like you are thinking of doing (again?). There are a coupe reasons to not do that. One is that all the drives will be of the same age, and may die nearly simultaneously. There is a bigger risk of a second drive failure when re-syncing a replacement. The other is cost of expansion. If you had started with 3 x 8TB to start with (which may not have been an option then, it's just an example), then you could significantly increate your space just by adding more 8TB (or larger) instead of having to replace them all. For the best bang for the buck over the long haul, start with the smallest number you need of the largest drive you can afford (really new larger ones tend to not be cost effective, but last year's "bigger & better" often is).to meet your storage needs. Then, you can add drives instead of replace to expand.
Sandshark for your thoughts.
I was worried Netgear ReadyNAS might be on a similair path as Netgear ProSAFE VPN Firewalls.
The reason I bought the 6 drive NAS and emmediately installed 6 drives configured as X-Raid was the expectation I could lose a drive and even a 2nd drive without losing data. Data preservation was my primary goal.
Dennis
Kurt, thanks for the reference to the compatibilty listing.
Dennis
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