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Apr 25, 2022

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ReadyNAS 524X Maximum HDD Capacity

Can someone please confirm that the ReadyNAS 524X has a maximum HDD capacity of 40TB (4 x 10TB HDDs)?

Marc_V
Apr 25, 2022
JWS1980

Nope. 4x10TB was the specified cap because at the time it was released, 10TB was the largest drive available. Now RN524X can handle 4x18TB that means it can handle upto 72TB.

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Apr 25, 2022

Welcome to the Community!

To answer yes, it can handle 4x10TB and RN524X can now handle upto 18TB, Here's a list of Recommended/Tested drives for RN524X.

HTH

JWS1980
Tutor
Apr 25, 2022
Thank you for the quick response. So to clarify, the RN524X will accept the 4 10TB drives but only 18TB of the 40TB will be usable. Is that correct?
- Marc_V
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Apr 25, 2022
  JWS1980
  
  Nope. 4x10TB was the specified cap because at the time it was released, 10TB was the largest drive available. Now RN524X can handle 4x18TB that means it can handle upto 72TB.
  - JWS1980
    Tutor
    Apr 25, 2022
    Ok. I misunderstood. The 18TB is the maximum capacity for an individual drive in the array. Thanks!

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