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WD Red Pro WD2002FFSX 2TB on ReadyNAS 3200
I have a client with a ReadyNAS 3200 v1 running RAIDiator 4.2.27, and 12x 1TB drives in X-RAID2. From what I understand this NAS only supports up to 2TB drives in all bays (that said I *believe* 1-4 are 3TB+), so I would like to replace all drives with 2TB drives. My questions are:
1. Are WD WD2002FFSX drives compatible? The compatibility list seems to be out of date, though I have installed reds in a ReadyNAS 2100 and it worked fine.
2. How much usable space will I have in a X-RAID2? 18TB?
Thanks!
Yes, they are compatible. WD even suggests them for NASes up to 16 bays, You will get 18TB with a 12 drive volume with dual redundancy RAID6 (XRAID or not) or with 2 x 6 drive Raid 5 volumes. If you are running RAIDiator 4.2.x, you cannot grow the volume to that size, you have to factory default with the drives in place. For that reason, you may want to consider updating to OS6, for which you also need to factory default. With OS6, you could later upgrade the first 4 drives to grow an XRAID volume.
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Yes, they are compatible. WD even suggests them for NASes up to 16 bays, You will get 18TB with a 12 drive volume with dual redundancy RAID6 (XRAID or not) or with 2 x 6 drive Raid 5 volumes. If you are running RAIDiator 4.2.x, you cannot grow the volume to that size, you have to factory default with the drives in place. For that reason, you may want to consider updating to OS6, for which you also need to factory default. With OS6, you could later upgrade the first 4 drives to grow an XRAID volume.
Great, thanks for the info!
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