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giuseppeT
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Oct 13, 2015
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ReadyNas 104 maximum expansion

Hi evryone,

today is a second day with my ReadyNas 104 and I'm very satisfied of this product !

 

I have one question on the maximum volume capacity to 16TB with the new firmware. The best solution with x-raid is 2x 5TB and 2x 6TB hard drive? so as have 15TB?

 

Now my ReadyNas has 2x 3TB WD RED and I want considering the best volume upgrade by future.

 

Thanks,

Giusepe

  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Oct 13, 2015

    ifixidevices wrote:

    You're running 6.0 and as far as I believe 6.0 doesn't have an expansion limit. I would know as I would have already hit it...


     

    The RN100 series started out with a 16 TiB volume limit, but in 6.4.0 this was changed, so there is no longer a volume limit.

     


    ifixidevices wrote:

    Will be adding two more 8TB drives as soon as I find a few good deals on them.

     


    Hopefully not Seagate Archival drives...

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  • You're running 6.0 and as far as I believe 6.0 doesn't have an expansion limit. I would know as I would have already hit it... I started out with 1 8TB drive in a readynas pro 6 and then added 3 more (I have 21.82TB's of storage available to me.)

     

    Will be adding two more 8TB drives as soon as I find a few good deals on them.

     

    So for you on a 104 I'd say you'll be just fine.

    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User

      ifixidevices wrote:

      You're running 6.0 and as far as I believe 6.0 doesn't have an expansion limit. I would know as I would have already hit it...


       

      The RN100 series started out with a 16 TiB volume limit, but in 6.4.0 this was changed, so there is no longer a volume limit.

       


      ifixidevices wrote:

      Will be adding two more 8TB drives as soon as I find a few good deals on them.

       


      Hopefully not Seagate Archival drives...

  • yes, I have updated the firmware to 6.4.0 so I don't have any limit with my x-raid system? this is a great notice! 

     

    So can I add 2x 8TB WD RED to my 2x 3TB base and than replace my hard drive base with another 2x 8TB without loss the data? 

    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User

      giuseppeT wrote:

       

      So can I add 2x 8TB WD RED to my 2x 3TB base and than replace my hard drive base with another 2x 8TB without loss the data? 


      AFAIK there is no 8 TB WD RED.

       

      But when and if there is, then yes.

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