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Feb 21, 2017

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RN104 Disk Upgrade Limit

I just want to confirm. I have a RN104 running 6.4.1 in X-RAID (RAID 5). It currently has 4 x 4TB drives installed with one volume. I have ordered 4 x 8TB IronWolf drives which are on the Hard Dis...

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mdgm-ntgr
Feb 21, 2017
Yes. You need to be running 6.4.x (or later) to support volumes > 16TB on the RN104.

The NAS will need to wipe the disks. If they are unformatted it should wipe it and start syncing right away. Wait for the resync to complete before replacing the next disk.

mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Feb 21, 2017

Yes. You need to be running 6.4.x (or later) to support volumes > 16TB on the RN104.

The NAS will need to wipe the disks. If they are unformatted it should wipe it and start syncing right away. Wait for the resync to complete before replacing the next disk.

broad01

Tutor

Feb 21, 2017

As I hoped, thanks for the confirmation.

broad01
Tutor
Feb 21, 2017
I am currently on 6.4.1 would you recomend I upgrade to 6.6 first?
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Feb 21, 2017
  broad01 wrote:
  
  I am currently on 6.4.1 would you recomend I upgrade to 6.6 first?
  
  I would, though there are incompatibility issues with third-party apps that you should research before you do that.
  - broad01
    Tutor
    Feb 21, 2017
    No apps installed, so I should be good to go.
    Thanks