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Zacki's avatar
Zacki
Aspirant
Dec 13, 2015
Solved

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 wa...
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  • StephenB's avatar
    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.  

Zacki's avatar
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's avatar
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.

  • Zacki's avatar
    Zacki
    Aspirant
    Dec 14, 2015

    Hi mdgm,

     

    thanks for support.

     

    Ok, then I have a newer version, because on the bottom I found: ReadyNas Duo RND2150 v2. This is the second version, correct?

     

    Best regards

     

    Zacki

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