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Aspirant

Dec 13, 2015

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wrong disk size at ready nas duo

Hi,

I have a old Ready Nas Duo with RAIDiator 4.1.14.

I had 2x500 GB as X-Raid. I changed to new 2 x WD30EZRX (3 TB). After Update both are redundant and everything is well. But free space was expanded to only 741 GB instead of 3 TB.

I knew that I didn't checked any hard disk lists before I bought the new 3 TB disk drives and I also didn't ask here (my mistake).

Any chance for me to use the compelete 3 TB space in my old Ready Nas Duo (I use it only as a backup once a month)?

Best regards and thank you for help.

Installation & Upgrade

StephenB
Dec 13, 2015
Zacki wrote:

Any chance for me to use the compelete 3 TB space in my old Ready Nas Duo (I use it only as a backup once a month)?

No. The max disk size is 2 TB, and there is no workaround.

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StephenB
Guru
Dec 13, 2015
Zacki wrote:

Any chance for me to use the compelete 3 TB space in my old Ready Nas Duo (I use it only as a backup once a month)?

No. The max disk size is 2 TB, and there is no workaround.
- Zacki
  Aspirant
  Dec 13, 2015
  Hi Stephen,
  
  thank you for your fast answer. Any chance to change from 741 GB to 2 TB with this disk? Why choose the ready nas 741 instead of 2 TB?
  
  best regards Zacki
  - mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Dec 14, 2015
    No. The Duo v1 does not support GPT.
    
    3TB disks being seen as having 741GB capacity is a known problem that results from using them in a system in which GPT is not supported.
    
    The Duo v1 was the last of the Sparc models to be released and was released back in 2008. It's the 2-bay version of a product released back in February 2006. The hardware is about 10 years old now.
    
    All our newer models have GPT support.