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Can I install a 4TB drive in my ReadyNas Duo v2?
Hello there! I have a ReadyNas Duo v2 in which I've installed 2x2TB WD Caviar Green HD. I was wondering if the maximum capacity of this NAS is really 2x3TB=6TB total. What if i buy a new 4TB ...
Thx.
On the disk capacity -
With default xraid2, 2x2TB gives you about a 2TB volume, because one disk is used for RAID redundancy. You can configure it as two independent volumes of 2 TB each if you wish (not using the redundancy feature).
Netgear hasn't tested/evaluated 4 TB drives for the v2. Some models might well work - technically there is no barrier - though if you use them Netgear might deny support.
I'd be surprised if they added more drives to the V2 HCL, since they are moving on to the new OS6 platform. Though they have surprised me before...
On USB, you can share an attached drive. Performance will likely be a lot slower than than the internal drives. When you get to that point, you could also get a second (or larger) NAS.
On the disk capacity -
With default xraid2, 2x2TB gives you about a 2TB volume, because one disk is used for RAID redundancy. You can configure it as two independent volumes of 2 TB each if you wish (not using the redundancy feature).
Netgear hasn't tested/evaluated 4 TB drives for the v2. Some models might well work - technically there is no barrier - though if you use them Netgear might deny support.
I'd be surprised if they added more drives to the V2 HCL, since they are moving on to the new OS6 platform. Though they have surprised me before...
On USB, you can share an attached drive. Performance will likely be a lot slower than than the internal drives. When you get to that point, you could also get a second (or larger) NAS.
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