8TB Hard Drive on Nighthawk X8 R8500

[Swerve83]

Does the Nighthawk X8 (R8500) support 8TB Hard Drives???????  My 5TB WD My Book is no longer supported it seems on the USB 3.0, but it works on the USB 2.0 port. I am upgrading to a large storage anyway and want to see about making a 8TB work before I get my NAS up and running through my server/switch.

Thanks for any help/advice.

[michaelkenward · Accepted solution]

You can get an idea of what you can use from this page:

Will my USB drive work with ReadySHARE | Answer | NETGEAR Support

You may be pushing it with 8TB drives.

For serious networking use Ethernet.

[michaelkenward · Accepted solution]

You can get an idea of what you can use from this page:

Will my USB drive work with ReadySHARE | Answer | NETGEAR Support

You may be pushing it with 8TB drives.

For serious networking use Ethernet.

[Swerve83]

Yah I ran across this link earlier. Figured 8TB would be pushing it. Eventually I will be using a swich with rack holding 5-10 drives, totaling around 36TB.

Thanks for your reply!

[antinode]

> For serious networking use Ethernet.

   As opposed to what, exactly?