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ReadyNAs NV+v2 - can I expand storage with bigger discs?
I have a ReadyNAS NV+ v2 fitted with 4 x 3TB WD discs. It works fine, but I want to increase the storage space. I notice that no larger discs are on the compatability lists. Is this because the Read...
There are two limits. One is that a volume cannot grow more than 8 TiB from its starting point.
The second is that you can't expand over 16 TiB.
On the X86 legacy NAS, you can create a volume > 16 TiB by doing a factory install with all disks in place. All the disks need to be the same size (since if they aren't, there is an expansion step needed). I don't know if that will work with the v2 or not.
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