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Replacement Hard Drives for NV+ v1
I need to replace a failing drive in my legacy ReadyNAS NV+ v1. The existing drives are all matching Seagate Baracuda 1TB units, I have purchased a refubished Hitachi 2TB drive to use as the replacement. (it is listed on the Hardware Compatiblity List) I am running an XRaid configuration. I only have Macintosh computers on my home network.
Questions:
1. Will I have any problems using a larger hard drive of a different brand for the replacement?
2. Do I need to format the drive prior to installing it into the ReadyNAS?
3. Can I double the capacity of my ReadyNas by sequentially upgrading all four drives to 2TB?
Any other tips?
Thank You
geiswood wrote:
1. Will I have any problems using a larger hard drive of a different brand for the replacement?
No, as long as you stay at 2 TB or smaller. Your NAS can't handle GPT formatting.
geiswood wrote:
2. Do I need to format the drive prior to installing it into the ReadyNAS?
No. Just replace it with the system running (hot-removal and hot-insertion)
geiswood wrote:
3. Can I double the capacity of my ReadyNas by sequentially upgrading all four drives to 2TB?
Yes
geiswood wrote:
Any other tips?
I'm not keen on using refurbished drives, though posters here who used hitachi have generally been happy with them.
The HCL for the NV+ v1 is very old, and there are drives not on it which are known to work. NAS-purposed drives like the 2 TB WDC Red work well (I suspect a 2 TB Seagate Ironwolf would also).
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geiswood wrote:
1. Will I have any problems using a larger hard drive of a different brand for the replacement?
No, as long as you stay at 2 TB or smaller. Your NAS can't handle GPT formatting.
geiswood wrote:
2. Do I need to format the drive prior to installing it into the ReadyNAS?
No. Just replace it with the system running (hot-removal and hot-insertion)
geiswood wrote:
3. Can I double the capacity of my ReadyNas by sequentially upgrading all four drives to 2TB?
Yes
geiswood wrote:
Any other tips?
I'm not keen on using refurbished drives, though posters here who used hitachi have generally been happy with them.
The HCL for the NV+ v1 is very old, and there are drives not on it which are known to work. NAS-purposed drives like the 2 TB WDC Red work well (I suspect a 2 TB Seagate Ironwolf would also).
Thanks so much for the quick reply, and the clear, consice answers!
Now it won't boot so that I can do the hot swap of the bad disk. The display shows "Booting...Quota chk: 2.4%".
Can I replace the disk after a forced power down?
or do I need to force a reinstall of the OS first?
do I need to delete my log files perhaps?
You can replace the disk with the NAS powered down (or remove the bad one with it powered down, and then hot-insert the replacement after it boots up).
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