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Expanding storage past limit
I own a readynas ultra 4. I am currently in no need of more storage space, but is there any way of bypassing the factory set limit? The ultra 4 apparently can only handle 8TB (4x2TB), is there any way to hack the software to allow for bigger hard drives or is the limit hardware based?
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- Once you have updated the firmware to 4.2.16 or later you can then add drives with larger capacity than 2TB. Take a look at the Hardware Compatibility List: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641
Do note that there are a few expansion limitations:
1. There is a limit of 8TB of online expansion over the life of the volume. If your volume capacity was say 5.4TB when you last did a factory reset you cannot expand it past 13.4TB.
2. You cannot expand a volume past 16TB. If you want a volume with a higher capacity than 16TB you need to do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) with the drives in place. - Thanks, that's fantastic.
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