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ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition and large (6TB) WD disks
Hi forum, I have the above mentioned device and am interested to max it out in terms of disk space. I can see that Western Digital has got a Red NAS disk out that is 6TBs in size (WD60EFRX), howev...
On your NAS XRAID has a volume size limit of 16 TiB. In addition, there is a growth limit - a volume cannot expand more than 8 TiB over its lifetime. Those limits are not directly related to raw disk size, but they are relevant to your question.
If you purchased around September 2009, your NAS is out of warranty, so going off the HCL only has support implications if you are using paid support.
Technically there is no reason why you can't install 6 TB drives, doing a factory reset with all disks in place. If you are prepared to do that (and see a need to go beyond the 16 TiB volume ceiling), then perhaps also consider switching your NAS to OS 6.
Of course you can go 6xWD30EFRX or 5xWD40EFRX and stay below the 16 TiB ceiling.
If you purchased around September 2009, your NAS is out of warranty, so going off the HCL only has support implications if you are using paid support.
Technically there is no reason why you can't install 6 TB drives, doing a factory reset with all disks in place. If you are prepared to do that (and see a need to go beyond the 16 TiB volume ceiling), then perhaps also consider switching your NAS to OS 6.
Of course you can go 6xWD30EFRX or 5xWD40EFRX and stay below the 16 TiB ceiling.
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