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ReadyNAS NV+ and 2TB disks?
Hi there
I'm wondering whether I can really expand my ReadyNAS NV+ now with 2TB disks. At the time where I bought it (some years ago) the highest supported disk size was 750GB. I do have two of them. I know that when I add now two 2TB disks, only 750GB will be used in a RAID of the new disk. But is my ReadyNAS NV+ really supporting 2TB disks?
Thanks
Oli
I'm wondering whether I can really expand my ReadyNAS NV+ now with 2TB disks. At the time where I bought it (some years ago) the highest supported disk size was 750GB. I do have two of them. I know that when I add now two 2TB disks, only 750GB will be used in a RAID of the new disk. But is my ReadyNAS NV+ really supporting 2TB disks?
Thanks
Oli
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- Hi All,
I can confirm that the WD20EARX 2TB Caviar Green drives work in the Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ without issue. In fact according to WD they are no longer producing the WD20EARS (for Australia at least) and that I would have had no other option then to buy the WD20EARX. So if anyone else is in the same prediciment I can confirm that I am running 2 x WD20EARX drives for a number of weeks now without an issue. - There are alternative drives from other manufacturers that you can use. Whilst the WD20EARX may work fine if you encounter issues you may be denied support. With the WD20EARX you would still have the issue of needing 4k sector alignment (which would require you last factory reset - wipes all data, settings, everything on 4.1.7 or later).
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