I have bought NETGEAR ReadyNAS 102 2-Bay(RN10200-100NAS) Is it possible to use 2 Segeate 3TB drives in raid with this device?
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Look at http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641 and see approved HDDs
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You sure can. I have mine working with one WD red 3tb hard drive. Will upgrade to another one same capacity once I get this one full.
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Yes you can. I am currently running RAID5 with 4 3TB WD Red hard drives, 1 bay is open.
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Hi FYI I dont think that the unit will support a drive over 3TB. 2TB is the limit. But maybe the unit you get will You should make sure to check on that. mine does not. Sorry I cant answer you question I have never tried RAID with my units they are just dumb drives.
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Yes, I use only two bays right now for my business. It's designed for this. I had a ReadyNAS before and this is 1000x better.
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The documentation is a bit unclear on this. In one place it says to use the same size drive, but in the "Replacing a Drive" section is says that you should use the same size or larger, but the extra capacity would be unused. Assuming you are using RAID1 then you should use the same size drives. The drives are SATA interface. I used two identical (same manufacturer, model and probably the same lot) 2TB drives in my configuration.
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Yes, it can be used as network storage and/or a backup device. The 4TB (2 x 2TB) drives are included in the $399 model. Keep in mind, it will come standard with a RAID 0 configuration, I typically change this to RAID 1. While doing so cuts the storage down to 2 TB, I like the peace of mind in creating the file redundancy should anything happen. In short though, you can use this as network storage and/or a backup device despite whatever RAID configuration you set.
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yes can put any size drive in the bays that you'd like, but if you want them to be part of a raid, they have to be all of a matching gb size. I have 3 2tb drives set up as a raid, and a couple of randomly size drives as backups that aren't included in the raid. overall it's a very versatile piece of equipment.
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Yes,I use 3 sans digital 8 bays and added this one to the group and put 3tb drives in it.WORKS GREAT!
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I purchased the 2-drive version, but if the same thing applies to this as other 4-drive NAS's, you'll want to install them at least in pairs (if doing RAID 0 or 1). If you're going to want RAID 5 (and if the 4-drive unit supports it, which I assume it does), you'll want to install all 4 for best results. Edit: The 4-drive NAS's I've used only allow for 2 arrays, so don't plan on having 4 separate single-drive arrays.
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I put 5 each 3tb WD Red drives in my Thecus and set up a RAID 6. I think you can use any number of drives of any size. Just keep in mind that if you use RAID it will only be a percentage of the smallest drive in the array.
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I believe by default they come in a RAID 1, which would give you 2TB of total storage. If you set it to RAID0, you'll get use of all 4TB (probably 3.6 or so useable) but you will not have redundancy.
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The 4TB version has 2-2TB drives hence 4TB. That is in RAID 0 format. If you setup RAID 1 you only have 2TB usable.Good luck
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Yes, you can put up to 3 units of WD Red 3TB NAS Hard Drives in the Lenovo ThinkServer TS140, in a RAID configuration.
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Don't know about SATA 3, but config is done the same as any other RAID controller, you hit CTL S or whatever it wants and create a new raid with the drives you have plugged in to it. Worked fine for me with 2 SATA 500G drives.
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I am not sure about the hot spare but it can be configured with RAID5 using 3 drives.
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I believe so. I have a 5 drive raid at home & brought a new one home that I purchased for work & put the 5 drives in & the raid came right back. To me, this was VERY important if I ever have a failed Raid box. So in my case, it worked-but I did buy the 2 enclosures within a month of each other.