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ReadyNAS State of Union?
Over the years I have always wanted to play around/use one of the ReadyNAS units. Everything I read about them sounded great and over at AVSForum a ReadyNAS employee ran a power buy and offered suppor...
Charles R wrote: Well during the process the drive disappeared from the HCL (no I didn't dream it up :)) and moving to another drive on the list resolved the issue.
What model drive was this?
Charles R wrote: Also, looking over the HCL I came away with the belief that time has virtually stood still regarding supporting current (not even new) drives and other hardware.
I would also like to see them qualify more drives.
Charles R wrote: As far as what's missing. It's more faith regarding features and support that will be available in the future. Will the HCL ever catch up to the current drives on the market, will the arm based models (entire line eventually) go beyond the older models or simply become a low-end line. Right now I have to wonder if I'll ever be able to use 4TB ( or larger) drives as an example.
In the x86 (Intel) units, some users have used 4TB drives and found them to work fine for them even though none are on the compatibility list yet. You may find the same if you try some in ARM units but if you run into issues using drives outside the list NetGear will be unable to help. NetGear performs rigorous testing before approving drives for use with the ReadyNAS.
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