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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.
Thanks again for all the info.
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