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Readynas 4200 v2 specs
I have the opportunity to buy a ReadyNAS 4200 v2, no 10Gbit ethernet for around $1500 with 6x 4TB drives. I believe the model is an RN12T1210. The owner doesn't know the specs on the device. I am loo...
Dochide wrote:
Yeah, that was all the information I could find as well. I didn't think about the volume limits, but if I add more drives I can just use the first 6 as volume one at 16tb with two drive redundancy and the next 6 as the same correct? Or does that limitation apply without the parity drives included?
Also, as a side not to maybe get around the limitations, could another OS be installed? Something like FreeNAS? I know it wouldn't be supported, but the 4200v2 is already past the end of life support anyway.
The XRAID expansion limits apply to the volume size, not the raw capacity. If you use flex-raid, you can set up multiple volumes (which I would recommend anyway, I personally wouldn't want 12 drives in a single array).
You can probably switch over to OS-6 (certainly pro and ultra owners have). There are instructions here - and it would be simpler than FreeNAS. OS6 uses btrfs instead of ext4, and it doesn't have the expansion limits.
There is some information here:
http://support.netgear.com/product/RN12T1210
http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=3665#Specifications
I don't know the processor chip, other than the somewhat vague "quad-core xenon".
The hard drive compatibility list is here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641 (select legacy first).
You'll see it does take GPT drives. The xraid2 expansion limits for 4.2.x firmware apply:
- 8 TiB growth from the volume starting point
- will not expand over 16 TiB.
You might want to use flexraid, with multiple volumes.
Vibration (and noise) are higher in the rack-mount products, so Netgear recommends enterprise drives.
Yeah, that was all the information I could find as well. I didn't think about the volume limits, but if I add more drives I can just use the first 6 as volume one at 16tb with two drive redundancy and the next 6 as the same correct? Or does that limitation apply without the parity drives included?
Also, as a side not to maybe get around the limitations, could another OS be installed? Something like FreeNAS? I know it wouldn't be supported, but the 4200v2 is already past the end of life support anyway.
Dochide wrote:
Yeah, that was all the information I could find as well. I didn't think about the volume limits, but if I add more drives I can just use the first 6 as volume one at 16tb with two drive redundancy and the next 6 as the same correct? Or does that limitation apply without the parity drives included?
Also, as a side not to maybe get around the limitations, could another OS be installed? Something like FreeNAS? I know it wouldn't be supported, but the 4200v2 is already past the end of life support anyway.
The XRAID expansion limits apply to the volume size, not the raw capacity. If you use flex-raid, you can set up multiple volumes (which I would recommend anyway, I personally wouldn't want 12 drives in a single array).
You can probably switch over to OS-6 (certainly pro and ultra owners have). There are instructions here - and it would be simpler than FreeNAS. OS6 uses btrfs instead of ext4, and it doesn't have the expansion limits.
It's a supermicro MB with a Xeon X3440 and 8GB ECC RAM. there are a total of 4 slots of RAM for you. Everything runs off a USB flash drive connected inside the board. It's basically a full blown intel server on the inside.
I came on here to see if it would take 4TB HDD and it looks like your post answered it for me.
FWIW I have OS6 on mine, had it's fair share of issues but overall a decent unit for the money.
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