ReadyNas-1100

Hello all,

May ressurect my RN Duo. I cant remember the max drive

geometries allowable. Anybody remember? Original HCL list doesn't link properly anymore.

Thanks,

William

Installation & Upgrade

StephenB
Jan 14, 2019
Sandshark wrote:

One big warning about RAID0: if you lose one drive, you lose everything. Two separate volumes is safer, though you do then have to manually manage content space on them.

I totally agree, and I use two volumes on my own Duo for that reason. If you go with two volumes, I suggest going into flexraid with only one disk installed, and then insert the second disk (and create the second volume) after setup. Sometimes the Duo seems determined to use a single volume in flexraid setup, and that can't go wrong if there is only one disk in the system.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 08, 2019
Not sure why your title and model say ReadyNAS 1100, but your text says Duo.

The 1100 is a rackmount system with 4 bays, and looks like this:

The Duo is a 2-bay desktop NAS that looks like this:

There are some other 2-bay Desktop ReadyNAS, and the answer to your question does depend on exactly what model you have.

Can you can take a picture of the front of the unit (including the text on the bottom right), and post it here?
- WTAr7k
  Aspirant
  Jan 09, 2019
  Thanks for the help StephenB,
  
  It's definitley a Duo. I think when I was trying to post the Duo was not a option
  
  in the drop down and I just picked anything. Sorry about that.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Bill
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 10, 2019
    WTAr7k wrote:
    It's definitely a Duo.
    
    Good. There are two quite different Duo platforms - the original Duo (called Duo v1 here) and the Duo v2. The Duo v2 was introduced in November 2011 (replacing the original Duo).
    
    The Duo v1
    
    runs 4.1.x firmware
    
    says ReadyNAS Duo on the front panel
    
    might have v2 labels on the back or side
    
    The Duo v2
    
    runs 5.3.x firmware
    
    says ReadyNAS Duo v2 on the front panel
    
    The Duo v1 is limited to disks of 2 TB or less. The Duo v2 can handle much larger disks. There are posts here from folks who sucessfully installed 6 TB drives. One person did run into trouble with 8 TB (though that might have been due to faulty drives).
    
    Overall, NAS-purposed disks are the best choice for your NAS - Western Digital Red and Seagate Ironwolf will both work well. Enterprise class will of course also work, but your NAS isn't fast enough to take full advantage of them.
    
    The HCL is available btw, but it hasn't been updated in many years - so it is not a useful guide anymore.