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ReadyNAS Pro 6 and WD Red 6TB drives questions
Good evening, I'm currently running a ReadyNAS Pro 6 NAS on OS 6 6.2.3-T1672 and just bought 2 new WD Red 6TB (WD60EFRX) drives. Asides from these two new Red 6tb drives, I have a remaining 4x WD ...
Hey Stephen,
Thanks for the quick reply. That's good to know. Do you have any idea if the 6tb drives will actually work in this model NAS seeing as though they're not on the compatibility list? and if I only get 16tb right now, will it expand fine to 22tb once I get 2 more 6tb drives and swap out two of the 3's? You also mention having 2x 4tb drives which I don't currently have. I was hoping to add 6tb drives one by one whenever I am able to, though I'm guessing dual redundancy will be a bit of an issue then. What would be the best upgrade path if I'm sticking with 6tb drives and the existing 3s?
I've come across a lot of posts stating that you can't expand past 16tb and need to factory reset with all the same drives (6tb in this case) in order to go beyond 16. I'm wondering if that was only a readynas os 4 issue?
Thanks for the quick reply. That's good to know. Do you have any idea if the 6tb drives will actually work in this model NAS seeing as though they're not on the compatibility list? and if I only get 16tb right now, will it expand fine to 22tb once I get 2 more 6tb drives and swap out two of the 3's? You also mention having 2x 4tb drives which I don't currently have. I was hoping to add 6tb drives one by one whenever I am able to, though I'm guessing dual redundancy will be a bit of an issue then. What would be the best upgrade path if I'm sticking with 6tb drives and the existing 3s?
I've come across a lot of posts stating that you can't expand past 16tb and need to factory reset with all the same drives (6tb in this case) in order to go beyond 16. I'm wondering if that was only a readynas os 4 issue?
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