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RN312 - HCL only showing 6TB max capacity for ALL brands
I just purchased a new RN312 to increase backup storage with 8TB disk on a RAID 1. 8TB disks have been around from quite sometime. We are talking about 4+ years. Can anyone explain to me how on earth one of the TOP NAS manufactures have a HCL that only goes to 6TB max on any manufacture. I just spent 1 hour on the phone with Tech support and the guy just keep repating like a broken record that the 8TB drive is not on the HCL. Duh!!! Seagate and WD have NAS ready drives of 8TB - Which means exactly that - Drives that are designed for NAS (RAID optimize and capable). Now, Netgear put out firmwares very consistenly, which is a good thing. But until this day they haven't updated their HCL for NAS drives and that is beyond my comprehension. I'm very fustrated and disapointed with this situation. I'm a ReadyNAS fan and all I install on my clients are ReadyNAS devices. I have never considered anything else. Not even Synology. Therefore, COULD YOU PLEASEEEEE.... update your HCL to reflect the most current HD sizes. Question: SHOULD I BUY THE 8TB SEAGATE (ST8000VN0012) ANYWAY AND JUST TRY THEM? WILL IT WORK?. At this time I could careless about the drive not being supported. It will be eventually supported, since this is the same family of Seagate NAS for 2,4,6 and 8TB. Any comments on this will be greatly appreciated.