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ReadyNAS Pro 4 [X-RAID2] - Capacity Expansion by HDD-Change
I intend to enhance the capacity of mx ReadyNAS Pro 4 by changing an thereby renewing the Hard disks (4x 2 TB right now). As I marked my last thread "ReadyNAS Pro 4 [X-RAID2] looses connection to LAN repeatedly maby cause update to RAIDiator 4.2.31" with "solved", I can't post further messages any more, so I simply start a new thread. With X-RAID2 from Netgear the ReadyNAS Pro 4 is limited to 16 TiB: There are two limits to expansion - one is that a volume can't go over 16 TiB, the other is that a volume can't grow by more than 8 TiB. The first limit sets the max to 4x5TB if all disks are of equal size. (Info from StephenB Superuser Guru) So with 4x 5 TB Disks the capacity of the ReadyNAS Pro 4 seems to be exhausted. * Is it correct that X-RAID 2 from Netgear is limited to one volume? * With Flex-Raid more than one volume can be created, so with a Maximum of 16 TiB per volume with OS 4.2, the diskspace of 4 HDD larger than 4 TB may be used by creating more volumes. Are my assumptions correct? Best regards2.6KViews0likes7Comments