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ReadyNAS Endless cost cycle
Ok I realize that once upon a time there were physical limits to volume size, Ive had the ReadyNAS, ReadyNAS+, And now have ReadyNAS Pro (6 bay) and a ReadyNAS Ultra6 and yet I am faced with STILL ...
I had some issues with the compare function for some reason.
I went to the datasheet. http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/ ... -RN700.pdf
For instance, the 312 says it supports 16TB internally but that's only possible with RAID 0 and 2 8TB drives. The expansion chassis you can use on it could also be populated with 5 8TB drives, which would give it 40 TB additional... so those values don't really seem accurate, so I'm unsure where the two additional gigabytes come from. The 314, using same logic of supporting 8 TB drives, would support 32 TB internally, and since it has 2 ESATA ports, it can do 80 TB in those 2 ports... randomly an additional 4 TB shows on data sheet. The 716 has 3 eSATA ports, so it can do 120 TB, with an additional 6 TB showing up on that unit...
I'm inquiring about the values and will provide an update when available.
For now, I would recommend looking more at the hardware to meet your specific requirements. If you just need a 6 disk unit to be a regular file store (nothing super intensive), then you should be good with 316. If you need more power, then go with 516. If you need lots of RAM, 716 is an amazing little box.
I went to the datasheet. http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/ ... -RN700.pdf
For instance, the 312 says it supports 16TB internally but that's only possible with RAID 0 and 2 8TB drives. The expansion chassis you can use on it could also be populated with 5 8TB drives, which would give it 40 TB additional... so those values don't really seem accurate, so I'm unsure where the two additional gigabytes come from. The 314, using same logic of supporting 8 TB drives, would support 32 TB internally, and since it has 2 ESATA ports, it can do 80 TB in those 2 ports... randomly an additional 4 TB shows on data sheet. The 716 has 3 eSATA ports, so it can do 120 TB, with an additional 6 TB showing up on that unit...
I'm inquiring about the values and will provide an update when available.
For now, I would recommend looking more at the hardware to meet your specific requirements. If you just need a 6 disk unit to be a regular file store (nothing super intensive), then you should be good with 316. If you need more power, then go with 516. If you need lots of RAM, 716 is an amazing little box.
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