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5tb usb drive... How??
I have readynas duo trying to add a 4.5tb drive to 2nd rear USB port. Drive is formatted MBR with NTFS. Drive is recognised but Frontview shows it has no FileSystem and therefore doesn't show up as a...
Normally formatting of a > 2 TB drive is GPT. MBR is limited to 2 TB. I don't understand your reference to RBT (AFAIK it doesn't exist). The NAS only recognizes the older MBR, which is one reason why it can't handle the larger drive sizes.
Overall, it sounds to me like you have outgrown the duo. Generally attaching USB drives to expand the storage capacity doesn't work that well - performance is poor,and usually the drives are spun up all the time.
Perhaps consider upgrading to an RN102 or and RN104. They will accept your 5 TB drives, and as your budget permits you can add enough internal storage to hold your media library.
Overall, it sounds to me like you have outgrown the duo. Generally attaching USB drives to expand the storage capacity doesn't work that well - performance is poor,and usually the drives are spun up all the time.
Perhaps consider upgrading to an RN102 or and RN104. They will accept your 5 TB drives, and as your budget permits you can add enough internal storage to hold your media library.
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