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GregoryTapler
Jun 12, 2016Aspirant
RN10222D Vertical Expansion - First Time
I'm expanding from 2TB to 4TB on my RN102. I purchased compatible drives (Hitachi Deskstar NAS HDN724040ALE640). The system is running X-Raid Raid 1. I am not clear on how to know if the system is...
- Jun 24, 2016
Thank you all for your responses. If the drives were indeed compatible, then there may have been another problem. Both of the drives I tested were not recognized by the BIOS (discovered through the .log files). I did receive notification of an update to the firmware today (2016/06/24) and that update may or may not contain a fix to the problem I was having.
I returned the two drives and purchased two WD RED WD40EFRX (Western Digital 4TB MFR # WDBMMA0040HNC-NRSN). These two drives behaved as expected and my vertical expansion was a success.
On a final note I do want to say I am completely pleased with the ReadyNas 102. The system is very easy to use and the expansion, when using proper disks, is easy as pie...
Thank you all.
Retired_Member
Jun 12, 2016"Long buzz, click, short buzz"??
A healthy HDD doesn't do that...
If you re-insert it, and you still don't see it, there is a good chance your HDD is defective.
A healthy HDD doesn't do that...
If you re-insert it, and you still don't see it, there is a good chance your HDD is defective.
StephenB
Jun 13, 2016Guru - Experienced User
jak0lantash wrote:
"Long buzz, click, short buzz"??
A healthy HDD doesn't do that...
If you re-insert it, and you still don't see it, there is a good chance your HDD is defective.
I agree.
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