Drive Compatibility & Expansion Related Issues

Those drives are not on the compatibility list - which is here: https://www.readynas.com/?page_id=82
They likely would work, but if you use drives that aren't on the HCL netgear can/will deny support.

Questions 3-5 are answered in the manual found here: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/ ... pr2013.pdf
If you start with 2x1TB and use the default XRAID you would have 1 TB capacity.
Adding a third drive of 2 TB size would result in a 2 TB volume (1 TB of the new drive would be unused).
Adding a fourth drive of 2 TB size would result in 4 TB volume. 2 TB would provide redundancy, the rest would all be used for data.

Hi StephenB,

I have the NAS RN104 with me now.
The 2x1 TB drives which I want to put have data in them. Please tell me the correct way to put new hard drive in it out of these:

1) Format the whole drive as single partition as NTFS?
or,
2) Remove all the partitions and let ReadyNAS format and manage the drive?

any other best suitable suggestion which you may think?

Thanks.

Update 1:

Resync is going on @ 0.5% per minute..
FW is 6.0.0

Meanwhile, when I tried to discover the device using ReadyCloud, although the device was detected in no time, joining is giving the error : "Device communication error. Failed to update device info. Would you like to retry" (links for screenshots are given below).





Is the reason of this error due to resnc?
Can someone tell me if above is not true then what could be the reason for this error?

Thanks.

Normally it is best to delete the partitions. The NAS is supposed to, but sometimes it doesn't.

Wait for the sync to complete, and then upgrade to at least 6.0.8 (or the current 6.1.1 beta), and then try ReadyCloud again. There are a lot of changes since 6.0.0.

What should be the ideal strategy for upgrading the firmware in terms of preparation and safeguarding the existing data?

Ideally you have an up to date backup, so even something fails you won't lose any data. This applies to firmware upgrades and any changes you make to the disks (new insertions or replacements).

If you haven't yet put any data onto the NAS, just wait until you are running the new firmware before you begin loading it up.

Thank you StephenB for your quick and to the point replies, really appreciate it.

RN104 has been upgraded to latest firmware v6.08 and seems to be functioning fine. However, now the device discovery can not find the device on my LAN:
The device is registered with Netgear also. Can someone please tell me the reason of device being failed to join?

Thanks.

The problem of device not being discovered is solved. I just needed to follow the instructions i.e. Press 'Backup' or 'OK' button for 5 seconds and then screen showed Discovery ON, that was it :)

On 'Cloud' menu link of ReadyNAS panel, I see a green tick with 'Internet Connection' but also a red cross with 'Not Ready'. When I do mouse hover to a small [?] it says 'Unable to register device. Please contact support'. However, I have registered the device today.

Also, when I am trying to click on checkbox next to ReadyCloud, it pops-up to join but giving same credentials is giving error as 'Cannot join to ReadyCLOUD'.

Please help me to solve this problem.

Links of screenshots are given below:



At readycloud.netgear.com, I see the device is discovered:


But 'Manage' page does not show my device to manage:


Thanks.

I think "registering" the device with ReadyCloud is different from registering it on support.netgear.com.

Did you configure ReadyCloud on the cloud tab of the Web UI? If so, I suggest contacting support.