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ReadyNAS Pro 4 [X-RAID2] - Capacity Expansion by HDD-Change
I intend to enhance the capacity of mx ReadyNAS Pro 4 by changing an thereby renewing the Hard disks (4x 2 TB right now). As I marked my last thread "ReadyNAS Pro 4 [X-RAID2] looses connection to LAN...
You can create a volume greater than 16TiB, you just can't expand one to larger than that (including expanding one already larger) in 4.2.x. You have to factory default with the drives in place.
Given that you will need to factory default, you may want to consider moving to OS6.x, which will eliminate the future expansion issue (at least for the forseable future). With several reported problems in OS6.9.0, I recommend you stick with 6.8.1 for now.
Sandshark wrote:Given that you will need to factory default, you may want to consider moving to OS6.x, which will eliminate the future expansion issue (at least for the forseable future). With several reported problems in OS6.9.0, I recommend you stick with 6.8.1 for now.
Thanks for your Advice! :smileyhappy:
- OS6.x does not seem to be supported by Netgear for a RNDP4000 as found on https://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads, but according to Your advice it seems to work anyway, doesn't it?
- Which version should be chosen: arm or x86_64 - I guess it is the arm-Version?
arm (Version 6.8.1) for RN102 / RN104 / RN202 / RN204 / RN212 / RN214 / RN2120
x86_64 (Version 6.8.1) for RN312 / RN314 / RN316 / RN422 / RN424 / RN426 / RN428 / RN516 / RN524X / RN526X / RN528X / RN626X / RN628X / RN716X / RR2304 / RR2312 / RN3130 / RN3138 / RN3220 / RR3312 / RN4220 / RR4312X / RR4312S / RR4360X / RR4360S - So with OS6.x X-RAID2 may still be used with all its advantages, but for a volume size even larger than 16 TiB?
Regards, Gerald
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