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Which Ready NAS do I need please?
Hello. I have installed a handful of ReadyNAS products over the years and they have been very good. I have a client who has the following requirements to serve up to 12 PC's 4TB usable storage....
Ixa is right, better go with RN312 for 2-bay NAS.
There is no available kit that comes with 2x4TB, but you can get a diskless RN312 then insert 4TB disks. Just make sure you get a compatible disks, see http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641/~/hardware-compatibility-list-hard-disks. RN312 is also compatible with one brand and make 6TB disk which is WD RED WD60EFRX. RN312 has 2GB RAM while the RN102 (not EOL) is just 512MB, so RN312 is way better for business use.
When it comes to RAID config, all ReadyNAS but default use XRAID, since RN312 is a 2-bay NAS, it only uses RAID1 for XRAID, switching to FlexRAID will allow you to use RAID 0 and/or JBOD.
There is no available kit that comes with 2x4TB, but you can get a diskless RN312 then insert 4TB disks. Just make sure you get a compatible disks, see http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641/~/hardware-compatibility-list-hard-disks. RN312 is also compatible with one brand and make 6TB disk which is WD RED WD60EFRX. RN312 has 2GB RAM while the RN102 (not EOL) is just 512MB, so RN312 is way better for business use.
When it comes to RAID config, all ReadyNAS but default use XRAID, since RN312 is a 2-bay NAS, it only uses RAID1 for XRAID, switching to FlexRAID will allow you to use RAID 0 and/or JBOD.
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