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Disk drive failure in Readynas Duo V1 - Advice please
My old (but until now reliable) ReadyNas Duo V1 failed this morning. It's a 2 drive unit. It powers on but cannot be found on network by Raidar or Windows explorer. Have found that if I remove Disk ...
You can replace it with a 1 TB drive (or even a 2 TB drive), but you won't get more storage unless you replace both drives. > 2 TB drives are not supported.
NAS-purposed drives (Western Digital EFRX or Seagate VN drives) are good choices. The disk HCL is very out of date, so you might not be able to stick to it (and you aren't covered by warranty anyway, so there are no support implications).
I don't recommend green drives generally for NAS, and there are issues reported here with some seagate models. Search this forum for the specific model you are considering before purchase ("xxxxx site:readynas.com/forum" works quite nicely in google).
NAS-purposed drives (Western Digital EFRX or Seagate VN drives) are good choices. The disk HCL is very out of date, so you might not be able to stick to it (and you aren't covered by warranty anyway, so there are no support implications).
I don't recommend green drives generally for NAS, and there are issues reported here with some seagate models. Search this forum for the specific model you are considering before purchase ("xxxxx site:readynas.com/forum" works quite nicely in google).
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