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Yionel's avatar
Yionel
Aspirant
Oct 11, 2013

Maximum capacity storage per disk with readynas nv+

Hello,

I'm sorry, I am newb in NAS system. I have retrieve a Ready Nas Nv+ (back sticker RND4475)
I would know if maximum capacity storage disk was dependent of the firmware or of the NAS system ?
I am limited to 750GB per disk? (I am limited to 3 x 750GB of total storage ?)

Thank you

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    The limit is 2TB disks for your NV+ (v1 - silver chassis). Please choose disks from the compatibility list.

    You do need to be running somewhat recent firmware to use 2TB disks and for optimal performance it would be advisable to update the firmware then backup your data, do a factory default, then restore your data from backup.
    • SidCastro's avatar
      SidCastro
      Aspirant

      so you mean 2TB disk in each bay? ie: 8TB total capacity for readynas nv+ (silver chassis)?

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User

        SidCastro wrote:

        so you mean 2TB disk in each bay? ie: 8TB total capacity for readynas nv+ (silver chassis)?


        Yes.

         

        That works out to a 6 TB XRAID or RAID-5 volume (~5.4 TiB).

         

        To use the full raw capacity you'd need either jbod or spanning raid-0.  jbod is much safer.

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