ReadyNas 104 maximum expansion

[giuseppeT]

Hi evryone,

today is a second day with my ReadyNas 104 and I'm very satisfied of this product !

I have one question on the maximum volume capacity to 16TB with the new firmware. The best solution with x-raid is 2x 5TB and 2x 6TB hard drive? so as have 15TB?

Now my ReadyNas has 2x 3TB WD RED and I want considering the best volume upgrade by future.

Thanks,

Giusepe

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@ifixidevices wrote:

You're running 6.0 and as far as I believe 6.0 doesn't have an expansion limit. I would know as I would have already hit it...

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The RN100 series started out with a 16 TiB volume limit, but in 6.4.0 this was changed, so there is no longer a volume limit.

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@ifixidevices wrote:

Will be adding two more 8TB drives as soon as I find a few good deals on them.

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Hopefully not Seagate Archival drives...

[ifixidevices]

You're running 6.0 and as far as I believe 6.0 doesn't have an expansion limit. I would know as I would have already hit it... I started out with 1 8TB drive in a readynas pro 6 and then added 3 more (I have 21.82TB's of storage available to me.)

Will be adding two more 8TB drives as soon as I find a few good deals on them.

So for you on a 104 I'd say you'll be just fine.

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@ifixidevices wrote:

You're running 6.0 and as far as I believe 6.0 doesn't have an expansion limit. I would know as I would have already hit it...

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The RN100 series started out with a 16 TiB volume limit, but in 6.4.0 this was changed, so there is no longer a volume limit.

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@ifixidevices wrote:

Will be adding two more 8TB drives as soon as I find a few good deals on them.

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Hopefully not Seagate Archival drives...

[giuseppeT]

yes, I have updated the firmware to 6.4.0 so I don't have any limit with my x-raid system? this is a great notice! 

So can I add 2x 8TB WD RED to my 2x 3TB base and than replace my hard drive base with another 2x 8TB without loss the data? 

[StephenB]

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@giuseppeT wrote:

So can I add 2x 8TB WD RED to my 2x 3TB base and than replace my hard drive base with another 2x 8TB without loss the data? 

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AFAIK there is no 8 TB WD RED.

But when and if there is, then yes.

[giuseppeT]

lol, sorry I mean 6TB WD RED