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Tutor

Feb 20, 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...

mdgm-ntgr
Feb 20, 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.

Tutor

Feb 22, 2017

What is the cost for that?

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Feb 22, 2017

I believe it starts at about $200 for the initial diagnostics but support can confirm the current figure.

broad01
Tutor
Feb 22, 2017
Reboot worked, phew...

Do I just call into support regarding recovery?

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