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Hi, I'm a complete novice when it comes to NAS, Raid, etc, however have bought some kit, so would like some advice on the best setup for what I want to primarily use, which is: i) Media Stream...
Thanks for the tips guys, very useful advice. Now that I'm clearer in terms of approach, I was hoping if you don't mind answering a few more questions:
1) StephenB's suggestion that I add another 3TB now (in addition to the 2 x 3TB I am about to install) to get the storage I'm looking for now. As I'm using 3TB, it makes sense I continue to use the same 3TB drives. Is it not better to just go ahead and buy the final 4TB drive, and add all the drives in at once, from the start and then power it up to get the minimal initialization time? Or if I just go with the 3 x3 TB, how long would it take to install the 4th one if I did later?
2) The 3TB HDD I'm using are all Seagate (Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001). 3 questions here:
a) Do I need to individually format each drive before loading them into the ReadyNas, or does the initialization process take care of that?
b) This particular drive model is listed under the "Hardware Compatibility List", however its asking me to "Use firmware CC4H or newer". I'm assuming this is something related to the limitation of Windows not recognizing drives larger than 2GB. How do I go about doing this? Do I need to carry this process out on my PC, or can I do within the ReadyNas setup?
c) I read somewhere that I should be labeling each drive - What's the reason for that?
Once again thanks for your expert advice, look forward to hearing your responses.
Cheers
Kaleem
1) StephenB's suggestion that I add another 3TB now (in addition to the 2 x 3TB I am about to install) to get the storage I'm looking for now. As I'm using 3TB, it makes sense I continue to use the same 3TB drives. Is it not better to just go ahead and buy the final 4TB drive, and add all the drives in at once, from the start and then power it up to get the minimal initialization time? Or if I just go with the 3 x3 TB, how long would it take to install the 4th one if I did later?
2) The 3TB HDD I'm using are all Seagate (Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001). 3 questions here:
a) Do I need to individually format each drive before loading them into the ReadyNas, or does the initialization process take care of that?
b) This particular drive model is listed under the "Hardware Compatibility List", however its asking me to "Use firmware CC4H or newer". I'm assuming this is something related to the limitation of Windows not recognizing drives larger than 2GB. How do I go about doing this? Do I need to carry this process out on my PC, or can I do within the ReadyNas setup?
c) I read somewhere that I should be labeling each drive - What's the reason for that?
Once again thanks for your expert advice, look forward to hearing your responses.
Cheers
Kaleem
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