ReadyNas NV+ "Kernel Panic"

clingon wrote:
...do you know if the 2TB limit is a hardware or a software limit?

It's definitely a hard limit, with no hacks to fix it. Netgear was apparently looking at fixing it when the 3 TB drives first came out, but eventually said no. The NV+ v1 has been end-of-life for a long time now, and certainly isn't competitive any more - there are some maintenance releases from time to time, but that's all you should expect.

clingon wrote:
I'm sure I've read something about daisy chaining? Would there be any way to use two NV+ linked together to create one large 16TB X-RAID array?

No. Some of the newer modules have an expansion module (EDA500). That simply wouldn't work on the NV+, and it would be a very bad idea to span a RAID array across two chassis.

So you are at the ceiling of what the NV+ v1 allows - 8 TB raw storage, 6 TB (or about 5500 GiB) volume size. Anything more requires a new NAS. That could either be a second NAS (not connected with your NV+) or a new replacement.

The RN104 is much faster than what you have, and currently has a street price of ~$230 in the US. The two bay version (RN102) can be found for about $150 - less than the price of one 4 TB disk drive.