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SRMT123
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Apr 05, 2016

Hard drive replacement

Hello I have a ReadyNas Duo with 2 x 2tb drives installed. I use the device solely for backing up files from my Naim Audio Uniti Serve. The drives in the NAS are nearly full and so I was thinking ...
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StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 05, 2016

If you are running 4.1.x firmware, then it is not possible - the duo v1 platform is limited to 2 TB drives.

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JennC
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 05, 2016

Hello SRMT123,

 

Like StephenB mentioned, Sparc based NAS which is an OS4 can only support max of 2TB size of disk. That's the first thing to check. 

 

Also, always have full backup, esp. you are planning to replace the disks. Please also check HCL when purchasing replacement disks.

 

Regards,

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