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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...
gravytrain wrote:
So update to latest firmware on the NV+(it is a V1 unit, V2 too pricey), install first drive, factory reset
You have to install first drive before you can update the firmware.
So:
1. Install first drive
2. Factory default if necessary
3. Update to latest firmware
4. Do a factory default (with all drives in place would be quickest)
5. Copy your data onto the drives.
gravytrain wrote:
, allow it to format first drive, add data to drive, install second drive, allow it to stripe, then I can add the third and forth 1tb hitachi drives.
You could do it that way, particularly if you have data on the drives already. I would hot-add (add while NAS is on) the additional drives so they are wiped and added to your array.
gravytrain wrote:
What about the fact the two WD Green drives are 64Mb cache and the Hitachi's are 8Mb cache drives? Will that hurt me much?
You will be limited by the slowest drive. Shouldn't matter much.
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