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Require more capacity
Hi There! I have a Ultra 2+ with 2 x 2TB Drives which are on the HCL. I don't see any 4TB Drives on the HCL for that device and we really need around 4TB Storage. My options are to find out if t...
Thanks StephenB that helped put things into perspective.
I replaced my 2 x 2TB in the unit last night one at a time. The first resynced at 80-85MB/s the second time at 130-144MB/s total time across both drives about 8 hours which seemed a LONG time.
Then it wanted to reboot to expand the array which it did, then it wanted to re-Sync AGAIN which is said to take another 5 hours!
Anyways, at least it didn't refuse to boot like my old RND2000 did twice after array expansions which required netgear to login to fix. :)
I've decided I'd install 2 x 3TB which should buy me another year and then decide how I feel about moving to a 4 Bay solution at a later date, I definitely don't want anything significantly slower than what I have already.
I replaced my 2 x 2TB in the unit last night one at a time. The first resynced at 80-85MB/s the second time at 130-144MB/s total time across both drives about 8 hours which seemed a LONG time.
Then it wanted to reboot to expand the array which it did, then it wanted to re-Sync AGAIN which is said to take another 5 hours!
Anyways, at least it didn't refuse to boot like my old RND2000 did twice after array expansions which required netgear to login to fix. :)
I've decided I'd install 2 x 3TB which should buy me another year and then decide how I feel about moving to a 4 Bay solution at a later date, I definitely don't want anything significantly slower than what I have already.
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