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NAS 3200 - Maximum Drive Size in Bays 1 -4
I am running a Netgear NAS3200, and its Serial number says it is Model RN12P. I have 6TB drives in bays 1 through 4 and am running firmware 6.10.5 Hot Fix 1.
Its running in Raid 6 (X-Raid), and all 12 bays are populated with some 3TB (only recognized as 2.2 TB). In the other bays, a few different sizes, my total storage is currently 20.10 TB.
I recently had drive five disconnects and reconnects, so it's now YELLOW and doing a resyncing.
Since the drive in bay five may be bad, I did some research, and it appears that you can now upgrade bays 1 through 4 with 10TB drives. If I did this, my total storage would jump to 33.6 TB, a 67% increase, so it would be worth it. I just ordered an Iron Wolf 10 TB drive to test in drive bay 1. Is it true that the ReadNAS 3200 Model RN12P can take 10 TB hard drives in bays one through 4?
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jbandes wrote:
it appears that you can now upgrade bays 1 through 4 with 10TB drives. If I did this, my total storage would jump to 33.6 TB, a 67% increase, so it would be worth it. I just ordered an Iron Wolf 10 TB drive to test in drive bay 1. Is it true that the ReadNAS 3200 Model RN12P can take 10 TB hard drives in bays one through 4?
There is no known size limit for bays 1-4, so you could go even larger.
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