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Increasing NAS capacity
Question from a non-techy person. I have a RN104 fitted with 4 x 4TB WD RED drives. Can I fit larger capacity drives (eg 6TB or 8TB) (as I understand it, the original documentation seemed to in...
The orignal documentation is based on the maximum drive size available at the time. Larger drives will work in your NAS, and the volume size will expand once you replace two. You did not mention what types of drives you currently have, but you should avoid those that use SMR, which includes most new desktop drives and the WD Red line. The Seagate Ironwolf, WD Red Plus or WD Red Pro are good choices. If the rotation speed does not match that of the existing drives, the NAS will complain, but there are no specifically documented reasons. With your lower-powered NAS, you won't get an added boost with 7200RPM over 5400RPM, anyway.
The orignal documentation is based on the maximum drive size available at the time. Larger drives will work in your NAS, and the volume size will expand once you replace two. You did not mention what types of drives you currently have, but you should avoid those that use SMR, which includes most new desktop drives and the WD Red line. The Seagate Ironwolf, WD Red Plus or WD Red Pro are good choices. If the rotation speed does not match that of the existing drives, the NAS will complain, but there are no specifically documented reasons. With your lower-powered NAS, you won't get an added boost with 7200RPM over 5400RPM, anyway.
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