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romandreani
Jan 24, 2018Follower
RN528 HDD Array Support / ReadyCloud functionality for DropBox
Dear Community I am interested in the ReadyNas RN 528 X. Are external hard disk arrays like the Lian Li EX-503 on the USB3 port basically compatible / supported? If so, would an already existing ...
Sandshark
Jan 24, 2018Sensei - Experienced User
When you say "JBOD", do you mean each drive is separately formatted as a partition/volume?. I used a Drobo 5-bay DAS via USB3 and it worked fine, but I had all drives formatted as a single volume. I don't think multiple partitions work well on an external drive with a ReadyNAS. I can't say via eSATA, as I never had anything that supported it except an EDA500.
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