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gravytrain
Feb 05, 2012Aspirant
First Time new NV+ RND4000 user looking for advice
I have purchased a new RND4000 NV+ 4 Bay Ready Nas and two WD Green EARS 1Tb drives from Newegg. I have been doing a lot of casual reading on these forums and am aware there may be chance of receiv...
mdgm-ntgr
Feb 05, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
Put one disk in the NAS and update to the latest firmware (via System > Update > Remote). Then power down put all drives in and do a factory default (http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu)
You can mix and match different drive models. 4k sector alignment works with both 4k sector and 512-byte sector drives.
Don't upgrade the memory as it's not supported.
Do note that when the disks are added to the ReadyNAS they will need to be wiped so if they are used disks backup the data on the disks first.
You can mix and match different drive models. 4k sector alignment works with both 4k sector and 512-byte sector drives.
Don't upgrade the memory as it's not supported.
Do note that when the disks are added to the ReadyNAS they will need to be wiped so if they are used disks backup the data on the disks first.
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