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choddo
Aug 30, 2011Aspirant
Taking a punt on the WD20EARX SATA3 disks
These aren't in the HCL but the SATA2 version seems to be disappearing fast (and the sub-product code on the HCL seems to be gone already) so what the hell. Assuming these disks do work (can't find...
mdgm-ntgr
Sep 01, 2011NETGEAR Employee Retired
The ReadyNAS Pro is a x86 (has Intel CPU) ReadyNAS. These never ran RAIDiator 3.x. x86 ReadyNAS use different firmware to Sparc ReadyNAS. The volume on a x86 ReadyNAS has the standard 4k block size. It can be confusing on an issue like this to talk about Sparc ReadyNAS (e.g. NV+) and x86 ReadyNAS in the same thread.
Don't confuse the block size of the volume with 4k sector partition alignment. They are two different things.
To check 4k sector alignment you need to look in partition.log.
For the NV+ see Why you might want to factory reset a Sparc ReadyNAS.
For the Pro see Why you might want to factory reset a x86 ReadyNAS
Don't confuse the block size of the volume with 4k sector partition alignment. They are two different things.
To check 4k sector alignment you need to look in partition.log.
For the NV+ see Why you might want to factory reset a Sparc ReadyNAS.
For the Pro see Why you might want to factory reset a x86 ReadyNAS
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