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Trying to find a list of compatible drives for this unit. I can't seem to find this specific model listed.
The labeling is confusing. It's the original ReadyNAS NV+ (called a v1 here). You can confirm by looking at the front panel, which should say ReadyNAS NV+ There were a couple of small hardware revisions during its life - the v3 in your label means you have the final version of the hardware.
Your NAS has a max disk size of 2 TB. The HCL is long outdated - I suggest ignoring it. NAS-purposed disks are the best option - these two are compatible:
Western Digital Red Plus: WD20EFZX
Seagate Ironwolf: ST2000NE001
I'd avoid the WD Red (WD20EFAX) because it is SMR - not a great choice for RAID. Many 2 TB desktop drives are also SMR. But the two above are CMR.
You will run into two snags when setting this up. One is that it only supports SMB/CIFS 1. Modern Windows (and I think Macs) have deprecated this protocol. With Windows, you can enable the SMB 1 client by going into "Turn Windows features on or off" (ignoring the security warning). With a Mac I think you'll need to use AFP.
The second snag is that modern browsers are dropping support for TLS 1.0 (which is all this unit supports). Current Chrome, FireFox, and Safari will not work. You can still use Internet Explorer to access the admin UI (Frontview), or use Edge in IE mode. The other option is to download an old browser, and immediately reconfigure it to disable automatic updates. Firefox 94.0.2 works.
Once the NAS is set up, you can also edit virtual.conf as described here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/New-ReadyNAS-Users-General/Workaround-for-ERR-SSL-VERSION-OR-CIPHER... That would allow you to access Frontview using normal HTTP (not requiring HTTPS) using any browser. If you do that, the connection to Frontview is not encrypted. Personally I am ok with that, but others here would rather continue using Firefox 94.0.2.
Trying to find a list of compatible drives for this unit. I can't seem to find this specific model listed.
The labeling is confusing. It's the original ReadyNAS NV+ (called a v1 here). You can confirm by looking at the front panel, which should say ReadyNAS NV+ There were a couple of small hardware revisions during its life - the v3 in your label means you have the final version of the hardware.
Your NAS has a max disk size of 2 TB. The HCL is long outdated - I suggest ignoring it. NAS-purposed disks are the best option - these two are compatible:
Western Digital Red Plus: WD20EFZX
Seagate Ironwolf: ST2000NE001
I'd avoid the WD Red (WD20EFAX) because it is SMR - not a great choice for RAID. Many 2 TB desktop drives are also SMR. But the two above are CMR.
You will run into two snags when setting this up. One is that it only supports SMB/CIFS 1. Modern Windows (and I think Macs) have deprecated this protocol. With Windows, you can enable the SMB 1 client by going into "Turn Windows features on or off" (ignoring the security warning). With a Mac I think you'll need to use AFP.
The second snag is that modern browsers are dropping support for TLS 1.0 (which is all this unit supports). Current Chrome, FireFox, and Safari will not work. You can still use Internet Explorer to access the admin UI (Frontview), or use Edge in IE mode. The other option is to download an old browser, and immediately reconfigure it to disable automatic updates. Firefox 94.0.2 works.
Once the NAS is set up, you can also edit virtual.conf as described here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/New-ReadyNAS-Users-General/Workaround-for-ERR-SSL-VERSION-OR-CIPHER... That would allow you to access Frontview using normal HTTP (not requiring HTTPS) using any browser. If you do that, the connection to Frontview is not encrypted. Personally I am ok with that, but others here would rather continue using Firefox 94.0.2.
