RN42200-100NES - Diskless - What type of drives?

[callmeshawn]

There are 2 bays for disks and as I understand it ... the system is capable of providing up to 20TB of storage capactiy.

Please correct anything I may have misstated as I don't want to be working under bad assumptions.

Question is, what type of drives does this system require or do you recommend?

Thanks!

[Marc_V]

Hi @callmeshawn

RN422 has a total internal capacity of 20TB which is 10TB drives for each bay. But checking the HCL, there are few 12TB drives already compatible with this model making its internal capacity 24TB.

You can check the compatible drives from the HCL available here.

Hope this has been informative.

Regards

[Marc_V]

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[dschwartzer]

The most important thing about drive selection (in my opinion) is to be sure to use NAS quality drives.  Drives intended for PC use will not stand up over time and while you will pay less for them up front, you will wind up replacing them much sooner.

I have used both WD Red and Seagate IronWolf drives.  They come in a variety of sized from 2TB up to 10TB and any of those would be good.

One word of caution about the Seagate IronWolf drives is that on the larger sized, some of the older units do not have the third (middle) screw hole.  That will require you to modify the pins on the Netgear drive carriers for your ReadyNAS.  It's not a big deal and certainly not a reason to pass on the drives. Just something to be aware of.

Hope that helps.

Regards,

David

[StephenB]

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@dschwartzer wrote:

One word of caution about the Seagate IronWolf drives is that on the larger sized, some of the older units do not have the third (middle) screw hole.  That will require you to modify the pins on the Netgear drive carriers for your ReadyNAS.  

You shouldn't modify the pins..

Instead you remove the side plastic drive inserts altogether, and screw the drives into the bottom of the tray (using the screws that are shipped with the NAS). 

The trays on the RN400 series do have holes that are aligned with the "alternative mount points" used on these drives.