NETGEAR ReadyNAS Duo 2-Bay (Diskless) Desktop Network Attached Storage RND2000
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Manufacturer: NetgearModel: RND2000-100NAS
Product features:
- NAS DISKLESS
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Digital camera Review: 2TB drive compatibility with ReadyNas Duo
Summary: 4 Stars
Purchased the RND2000 (Diskless) model with the bundled 2TB Western Digital drive (WD20EADS). Out of the box the NAS firmware (3.x.x) will not support a 2TB drive, however, based on information from developer posts on a ReadyNas forum, the WD 2TB drive, specifically the WD20EADS, will soon be supported and posted on the Netgear Duo Hardware Compatibility List.
Per the Jedi Council on the forum: "We actually have the WD2002FYPS and WD20EADS in house. The first one that we will be done with and placed on the HCL is the WD20EADS. This will be for the Duo, NV+ and 1100 only for right now, the other product lines will follow shortly."
I will say until the 2TB drive gets onto the HCL you can forget about calling Netgear support as they will quickly turn you away stating that a 2TB drive is not supported and will not work. They were not helpful at all and would not give me a specific reason as to why it wouldn't work. I realized I was wasting my time with them and started researching myself.
In my research I discovered that a newer firmware version 4.1.6 was recently released by NetGear and it did support larger drive sizes.
When the solo 2TB drive I purchased was installed in the first drive slot, the NAS would not recognize it. After realizing that the existing 3.x.x firmware would not support the 2TB drive, I added a smaller, 80 GB, SATA drive into the enclosure so it could initialize it, install the required software and obtain a DHCP address. Once the NAS was setup I updated the firmware to the latest 4.1.6 version via the RAIDar utility configuration software that comes with the ReadyNAS. Once the NAS had the latest firmware I shut the unit down, took the 80GB drive out of slot 1 and replaced it with the 2TB drive and restarted. It soon recognized the 2TB drive, initialized the drive, installed the required software and obtained the DHCP address and I was good to go.
In the short time that I have owned the ReadyNas Duo, I have been very pleased with it and have been happy with the transfer rates as I migrate data from my MAC and PCs onto the NAS. As I read through the various ReadyNas forums I came across a dedicated forum on fan noise associated with the Duo. When I had initially tried to set the system up with the 2TB drive with the older firmware, the fan was working very hard during the initialization phase and was very loud. However, after I got everything figured out with the firmware and got everything installed I can say that the fan noise is not an issue and is very quiet even during heavy write periods as I transfer my data.
I believe you will be very happy with this NAS and if you purchase one of the ReadyNAS Duos with a disk already installed, you will not have to even worry about the issue I encountered.
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