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Which drives to buy?
Hi, I've just bought a readynas 4000 ultra ( NO PLUS) and I have difficulties to select which drives I should buy. I don't want to spend more then 100 -120$ per disk. When checking the HCL, I noti...
To my mind, when it comes to upgrading HDs, there has to be some specific advice regarding the 4K-sector units. Are they compatible with sparc-based devices running the latest firmware but initialized with 512-byte blocks, in the 3.x Raidar era?
Say, for example, my RN Pro with 6 1-Tb drives is running the latest 4.2.19 beta firmware, but its volume log lists "Block size = 4096" because it was set up a couple of years ago. before FrontView 4.x. Can I autoexpand with 2Tb drives in the usual manner (i.e. replacing one by one)? Do they have to be 512-byte sector models? If I install a 4K sector unit (other than Western Digital) will I have to perform a system reset?
Help, PapaBear!
TIA
Xen
Say, for example, my RN Pro with 6 1-Tb drives is running the latest 4.2.19 beta firmware, but its volume log lists "Block size = 4096" because it was set up a couple of years ago. before FrontView 4.x. Can I autoexpand with 2Tb drives in the usual manner (i.e. replacing one by one)? Do they have to be 512-byte sector models? If I install a 4K sector unit (other than Western Digital) will I have to perform a system reset?
Help, PapaBear!
TIA
Xen
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