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Ready NAS Duo RND2000 new drive not recognised
Hi, I have had a Duo RND2000 for about 5 years now running with 2 x 2TB Seagate Barracuda drives. Disk 1 started to show ATA errors and seemd to be causing issues so I bought a new replacement d...
If you purchased 5 years ago you have a duo v1 (which would run 4.1.x firmware). That does NOT support GPT formatted drives, so it is limited to <= 2 TB. There is no workaround. So if you need more space you'd need to get a new NAS.
Tthe RN102 is the equivalent product in today's lineup, and is quite a bit faster then the duo. If you are interested in media streaming, I'd get the RN200 or better though. The higher end platforms support real-time transcoding, which is often needed.
FWIW There are a lot of posters here who have had trouble with DM drives. For the v1s, I suggest the WDC WD20EFRX. The Seagate ST2000VN000 is another possibility - though I don't recall off-hand seeing posts from v1 owners on the VN. Both are designed and marketed as NAS drives. I use the WD20EFRX myself in a duo v1, and it works well.
If you purchased 5 years ago you have a duo v1 (which would run 4.1.x firmware). That does NOT support GPT formatted drives, so it is limited to <= 2 TB. There is no workaround. So if you need more space you'd need to get a new NAS.
Tthe RN102 is the equivalent product in today's lineup, and is quite a bit faster then the duo. If you are interested in media streaming, I'd get the RN200 or better though. The higher end platforms support real-time transcoding, which is often needed.
FWIW There are a lot of posters here who have had trouble with DM drives. For the v1s, I suggest the WDC WD20EFRX. The Seagate ST2000VN000 is another possibility - though I don't recall off-hand seeing posts from v1 owners on the VN. Both are designed and marketed as NAS drives. I use the WD20EFRX myself in a duo v1, and it works well.
Thanks for confirming my fears.. a bit of research might have been wise on my part.
I will have to look now at a new NAS..
On the drive comments again I just bought the same model as before as it had performed well but as you say I would have been better with a specific NAS drive, too late now. I will keep that in mind when my 2TB drive needs replaced.
I presume there is no issue having 2 different makes and models of drive as long as the specs are similar?.
Sorry to have to bring the bad news...
Jamlex28 wrote:
I presume there is no issue having 2 different makes and models of drive as long as the specs are similar?.
Mix and match is fine (and I have done it successfully). Some people think that it is more reliable to mix/match - the theory being that identical drives installed at the same time will likely fail around the same time.
If you are replacing a drive in the array, the number of sectors needs to be at least the same as the drive you are replacing. There have been occasional problems reported here when a replacement drive was short a couple sectors - though I haven't seen that reported in some years.
I suggest googling here on the drive family (or the specific model) - it often is helpful.
Thanks,
I have one more query. I still have a good 2TB drive in my NAS with all my data on it. Will I be able just to switch this over straight into a new NAS and be able to read the data or could there be a problem with the newer os on the new model?.
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