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New User RN214 - Help Required with Drive Upgrade
Hi Guys Reaching out for some assistance as a total newbie. Recently purchased an RN214 for use with PLEX for my movie collection. Currently set up with x4 2tb drives set in RAID5. I am starting to ...
iancoleman wrote:
Currently set up with x4 2tb drives set in RAID5. I am starting to get close to capacity so have decided to upgrade to 4tb drives.
I just want to add that this might not be the most cost effective way to upgrade.
Four 4TB drives will cost about $400 USD at the moment (assuming WD "Red" or Seagate "Ironwolf" drives - which are NAS purposed drives). Upgrading all four will give you 6 TB more space.
Two 8 TB drives would give you the same 6 TB space increase for slightly more (about $425). The benefit of 2x8TB is that the next upgrade only requires you to replace a single 2 TB drive with an 8 TB drive. If you go with 4x4TB you'd need to upgrade at least two more drives the next time around.
iancoleman wrote:
Currently set up with x4 2tb drives set in RAID5. I am starting to get close to capacity so have decided to upgrade to 4tb drives.
I just want to add that this might not be the most cost effective way to upgrade.
Four 4TB drives will cost about $400 USD at the moment (assuming WD "Red" or Seagate "Ironwolf" drives - which are NAS purposed drives). Upgrading all four will give you 6 TB more space.
Two 8 TB drives would give you the same 6 TB space increase for slightly more (about $425). The benefit of 2x8TB is that the next upgrade only requires you to replace a single 2 TB drive with an 8 TB drive. If you go with 4x4TB you'd need to upgrade at least two more drives the next time around.
Thanks Stephen - I have already purchased drives but will certainly keep this in mind for the inevitable next upgrade!! When I first bought my kit I assumed all drives had to be matched capacity wise so followed that plan. Knowing this for future upgrades will be a big help. Cheers.
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