Limitations of RN51600

ad 1) RN51600 has 6 drive bays. If you load all of them with 4 TB disks, you have 24 TB and effectively you will have 17 TB storage capacity if you use XRAID2 RAID5. I use it all in one volume:



I started with 6 drives from scratch, so I have no experience with extending. But I advise you to look in the software manual in the section "Expand Storage Capacity" (link to manuals below).

ad 2) I don't have EDA500, but on http://www.netgear.nl/business/products/storage/ReadyNAS-EDA500/EDA500.aspx#two, for ReadyNAS 516, it lists a Total Solution Capacity Internal: 24 TB and for RN516 with optional EDA500 unit(s): 84 TB. So I would assume you can create 1 big volume of 84 TB. Can someone with EDA500 confirm?

On the same page mentioned above, it lists:

• Compatible with RN300 series and RN500 series


• 5-bay expansion chassis


• Supports both SATA and SSD


• Connects through eSATA cable (included)

ad 3) Don't think so. Point 2) mentions 84 TB, so that would be 24 TB in RN516 and 3x 20 TB in 3x EDA500.

ad 4) The hardware manual lists the "EDA 500 Technical Specifications". There's no mention of a CPU, so I assume it is the RN516 that has to provide the computing power.

ad 5) Don't know. (If I had to guess I would say yes)

More info can be found in the hardware manual and software manual at:

http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/RN%20OS%206%20Desktop%20HW%20UM_15Oct2013.pdf
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS%20OS6.1%20SW%20UM16Oct2013.pdf