ReadyNAS Value Added Resellers

No 4TB drives have been approved for use in a ReadyNAS yet. I agree that eAegis was a good source. I never bought from them, as I found out about them after I got my two NVX units. However, they may have had a run in with Netgear because they were installing drives in a diskless unit and listing it with the same model number that Netgear used for the models that came from the factory with disks. Since they were using consumer grade disks usually, their prices were far below the Netgear list with enterprise disks. In fact, when I was looking at a unit, I could buy the NAS with consumer disks installed and tested for less than I could buy a diskless unit and disks anywhere, including from them! However, because the price of disks has gotten so crazy, Netgear is now populating the Pro 6 with consumer grade disks and putting a D at the end of the model number. RNDP6630-200 for example has enterprise disks and the RNDP6630D-200 has consumer grade disks, but still at a hefty price.

The only other solution I would have for you is to find a retail online seller that will ship to you where you are. (Not easy I know) Backing up almost 12TB of data is not going to be an easy chore. I went to NAS to NAS backups when I got close to 1TB of data (currently at 2.5).

By the way, do you have a Pro 6 or a Pro (original 6 bay unit). The difference is the Pro was model RNDP6xxx-100xxx and the Pro 6 is model RNDP6xxx-200xxx. The major difference is the CPU chip in the Pro was an Intel E2160 1.8GHz dual core (now in the Ultra 6 Plus) and the Pro 6 now has the faster Intel E5300 2.6Ghz dual core. The only way I know of to tell them apart is to check the label on the bottom and the upper right corner of a Frontview page would say Pro vs Pro 6. The change in models came in the fall of 2010.

The other thing that I would say is that if you are approaching 12TB of data and have no backup, you have your neck stuck way out there.