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RN42200-100NES - Diskless - What type of drives?
There are 2 bays for disks and as I understand it ... the system is capable of providing up to 20TB of storage capactiy. Please correct anything I may have misstated as I don't want to be working un...
The most important thing about drive selection (in my opinion) is to be sure to use NAS quality drives. Drives intended for PC use will not stand up over time and while you will pay less for them up front, you will wind up replacing them much sooner.
I have used both WD Red and Seagate IronWolf drives. They come in a variety of sized from 2TB up to 10TB and any of those would be good.
One word of caution about the Seagate IronWolf drives is that on the larger sized, some of the older units do not have the third (middle) screw hole. That will require you to modify the pins on the Netgear drive carriers for your ReadyNAS. It's not a big deal and certainly not a reason to pass on the drives. Just something to be aware of.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
David
dschwartzer wrote:
One word of caution about the Seagate IronWolf drives is that on the larger sized, some of the older units do not have the third (middle) screw hole. That will require you to modify the pins on the Netgear drive carriers for your ReadyNAS.
You shouldn't modify the pins..
Instead you remove the side plastic drive inserts altogether, and screw the drives into the bottom of the tray (using the screws that are shipped with the NAS).
The trays on the RN400 series do have holes that are aligned with the "alternative mount points" used on these drives.
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