ReadyNas NV+ Hitachi 3TB Drives.

Does this mean nv+ will never be able to support 3TB drives and we will have to upgrade to the x86 family.
Thanks

masterash wrote:
Does this mean nv+ will never be able to support 3TB drives and we will have to upgrade to the x86 family. Thanks

That appears to most likely be the case. yoh-dah's Twitter comment didn't completely rule it out, but it did say that it was unlikely that 3TB support would come to Sparc.

The migration from a Sparc ReadyNAS to a x86 ReadyNAS (requires you transfer your data e.g. across your network) is well worth it. There are a number of new features and improvements that are only available on the x86 line (remember the fact x86 ReadyNAS have much faster CPUs and have better 3rd party development)

The "Test Disks" boot option, Disk Scrubbing, the Online Filesystem Check to name a few features, are very useful. The dual-redundancy option on 6-bay ReadyNAS is also very useful.

Any good news on the ReadyNas NV+ being able to support 3TB drives?

Not going to happen anytime soon, if ever. It seems that the Linux version used as a foundation ceased development before GPT was adopted. In short it would take a total rewrite of the OS from scratch.

PapaBear wrote:
Not going to happen anytime soon, if ever. It seems that the Linux version used as a foundation ceased development before GPT was adopted. In short it would take a total rewrite of the OS from scratch.

Thanks for the reply, guess I'll find a good deal on 2TB's then and that will have to work until I can afford to replace the whole unit.

Last summer when the had good deals on NVXs, I bought one and turned my NV+ into a backup target. They really work well in that arena, as the two boxes will take care of routing backups for you. Obviously, if you put 3TB drives in a new NAS, the NV+ with 4x2TB can't back it all up, but it can certainly backup the critical files very easily. It took me 3 years to get to that point, and my now 4 year old NV+ is still going strong.

Has there been an official announcement from NetGear on whether the NV+ will or will not support 3TB drives. It is disappointing to say the least that this thread has been in limbo for so long with no official response.

While the fact that RAIDiator 4.1.8 which was released this month documents the 2TB drive limit it does not constitute an official response.

Limitations

1. IE 6 no longer supported.
2. Drives greater than 2TB are not supported.

If there has been an official response and I have missed I apologize for being so cranky.

Is there a way to use at least 2TB of a 3TB drive on an readynas sparc based system in case I purchase 3TB drives in the hopes that they become supported in the future?

If so how would I do this?

The limitation of 2TB on the sparc units is a hardware issue. It is physically incapable of handling a 3TB drive properly.

Ok, so what you're saying is 3TB drives have completely different hardware and you can't even use 3TB drive at a limited capacity of 2TB then on a readynas sparc system?