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RNPP-Future Capacity Expansion planning for Dual Redundancy
OK, since I am no longer "pre-sales", I will post my question in this forum. Last week as I was planning the purchase of my first set of drives for my ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer edition, I thought I unde...
Note: XRAID2 with Dual Redundacy requires minimun of 4 hard disks with free space for Vertical Expansion.
Take a look at the ** area.
Option 1
Note.............Bay1...Bay2...Bay3...Bay4...Bay5...Bay6.....Capacity.....Notes
Initial Setup....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB........................... 2TB......Put all 4 drives in before initial Pro powerup/setup, power on, then set to DR, XR-2
Upgrade A.......1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..................3TB......Dual Redundancy
Upgrade B.......1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy
Upgrade C.......2TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy, No increase in capacity
Upgrade D.......2TB....2TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy, No increase in capacity
Upgrade E.......2TB....2TB....2TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy, No increase in capacity
Upgrade F.......2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....1TB....1TB..........6TB**......Dual Redundancy+start to increase capacity
Upgrade G.......2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....1TB..........7TB**......Dual Redundancy
Upgrade H.......2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB..........8TB**......Dual Redundancy
Option 2
Note.............Bay1...Bay2...Bay3...Bay4...Bay5...Bay6.....Capacity.....Notes
Initial Setup....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB........................... 2TB......Put all 4 drives in before initial Pro powerup/setup, power on, then set to DR, XR-2
Upgrade A.......1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....2TB..................3TB......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
Upgrade B.......1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....2TB....2TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
Upgrade C.......2TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....2TB....2TB..........4TB**......Dual Redundancy, no Increase in capacity
Upgrade D.......2TB....2TB....1TB....1TB....2TB....2TB..........6TB**......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
Upgrade E.......2TB....2TB....2TB....1TB....2TB....2TB..........7TB......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
Upgrade F.......2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB..........8TB......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
Take a look at the ** area.
Option 1
Note.............Bay1...Bay2...Bay3...Bay4...Bay5...Bay6.....Capacity.....Notes
Initial Setup....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB........................... 2TB......Put all 4 drives in before initial Pro powerup/setup, power on, then set to DR, XR-2
Upgrade A.......1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..................3TB......Dual Redundancy
Upgrade B.......1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy
Upgrade C.......2TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy, No increase in capacity
Upgrade D.......2TB....2TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy, No increase in capacity
Upgrade E.......2TB....2TB....2TB....1TB....1TB....1TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy, No increase in capacity
Upgrade F.......2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....1TB....1TB..........6TB**......Dual Redundancy+start to increase capacity
Upgrade G.......2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....1TB..........7TB**......Dual Redundancy
Upgrade H.......2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB..........8TB**......Dual Redundancy
Option 2
Note.............Bay1...Bay2...Bay3...Bay4...Bay5...Bay6.....Capacity.....Notes
Initial Setup....1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB........................... 2TB......Put all 4 drives in before initial Pro powerup/setup, power on, then set to DR, XR-2
Upgrade A.......1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....2TB..................3TB......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
Upgrade B.......1TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....2TB....2TB..........4TB......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
Upgrade C.......2TB....1TB....1TB....1TB....2TB....2TB..........4TB**......Dual Redundancy, no Increase in capacity
Upgrade D.......2TB....2TB....1TB....1TB....2TB....2TB..........6TB**......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
Upgrade E.......2TB....2TB....2TB....1TB....2TB....2TB..........7TB......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
Upgrade F.......2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB....2TB..........8TB......Dual Redundancy, Increase in capacity
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