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Upgrade single disc NV+ V2 system
Hi all,
I currently have a single ST3500630AS 465 GB drive in my NV+ V2 system and after copying my music and some of the movies from my ageing WHS v1 box it's clear I am going to be out of space quite quickly. What didn't register when I originally read the manual was that each additional disc replicates at the lowest volume size. I had hoped to add my 2TB WDc WD20EARS-22MVWB0 and had interpreted the compatibility listing of 'Caviar Green WD20EARX' to mean the X was any drive in that range (as all the seagate etc. listing are very model specific.) however I have just seen an OEM HDD listed as EARX.
So, first off, is my drive compatible/supported? Secondly is there an easy way to swap the original 0.5TB drive for the 2TB drive without loosing everything?
Regards,
I currently have a single ST3500630AS 465 GB drive in my NV+ V2 system and after copying my music and some of the movies from my ageing WHS v1 box it's clear I am going to be out of space quite quickly. What didn't register when I originally read the manual was that each additional disc replicates at the lowest volume size. I had hoped to add my 2TB WDc WD20EARS-22MVWB0 and had interpreted the compatibility listing of 'Caviar Green WD20EARX' to mean the X was any drive in that range (as all the seagate etc. listing are very model specific.) however I have just seen an OEM HDD listed as EARX.
So, first off, is my drive compatible/supported? Secondly is there an easy way to swap the original 0.5TB drive for the 2TB drive without loosing everything?
Regards,
1 Reply
- First, the drive is not on the HCL, so as far as Netgear is concerned it is not supported. I don't know if it would work in a v2 or not. I don't recommend any Caviar Green for NAS use myself - though I do have some WD20EARS installed on my NV+ v1, over time I am replacing them with WDC Red. One issue with many of the Caviar Green drives (including the WD20EARS) is that the load cycle count builds very rapidly.
Second, you can get a second 2 TB drive, and either insert it in slot 3 or hot-swap it in slot 1. Adding it to slot 3 would give you 2.5 TB of space, hot-swapping it into slot 1 would give you 2.0 TB of space. (The remaining space is what gives you protection from a single drive failure).
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