What is the largest volume size that I can have? If I have the 1218, and 2 extenders all with 4tb drives, can I have one volume with them all in it?
140742
You may have poor performance with that many disks simply because of the processing power required for an array that large. But there is no reason that this wouldn't work. If you're looking for a 16+ drive solution I would suggest something like the 2413+
140743
I don't believe there is a volume limit and I certainly made one volume using 3TB drives across 1 extender, but I can tell you that I wouldn't do it again. I wish I made the extender a separate volume. If a drive dies and you replace it, you've got a full rebuild to do which will be that more intensive and if another drive dies in that process, you've lost everything.
140744
you would have 18 bays, * 4TB drives for a potential of 72TB of space.... HOWEVER - actual space will depend on the RAID mode you choose and the security and peformance you desire. Also a formatted 4TB doesnt really give you 4TB so you will probably have 3.2-3.6 TB from each drive. The real issue IMHO is the quality of 4TB drives and the performance. Unless you dont care about your data I wouldnt create a single volume that big.
2240670
Yes. I have Four 4TB drives in mine and hey all work fine. Drives must be partitioned as GPT (which is nothing unusual) in order to see all the available space.
643055
If it accepts 3tb drives (which is does) then I see no reason for it not to accept 4tb drives. The limit is at 2tb.
1803109
We have the seller here indicating that this enclosure will work with a 6Tb drive, whereas there is another question raising an inability to run a 4Tb drive - which is answered by a comment that a 2Tb drive was successfully housed. We need to have the seller or manufacturer settle these questions. IS THERE an upper limit to drive capacity; or are there any limits to drive type or SATA permutations?
1648341
I'm having a problem with a 3TB drive... shows up as 2.2TB and 800GB. Refer to http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/everything_you_need_to_know_about_3TB_hard_drives.html
1030194
Current firmware supports 5 and 6tb drives.http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud-EX2/New-Release-WD-My-Cloud-EX2-Firmware-Version-1-04-04-7-23-2014/td-p/769457
1006830
No. The days of internal expansion are over. Suggest you take a look at the 2013 model, you can 4 Drives.
1594612
Not sure, I placed 2 2TB drives for a 4TB total and the unit performs fine. Very happy with the unit. Perhaps check the website to see what the approved drives it will accept.
1438006
While I haven't tried a drive larger than 6 TB, I would respect that limitation since it must be a consequence of the Blizzard's engineering and design. As drives get larger, I suspect that the engineering will keep up with the increasing size of large drives; but you may be limited to 6 TB today. I know that Seagate has recently come out with 8 TB "archival" drives, but 6 TB seems to be today's norm for max capacity drives for the time being
912012
You can configure the drive to be either 4 TB or 8 TB. The device itself only contains two 4TB drives.
1032196
6TB Drives are supported. I am currently running it on my DS2413+ NAS.https://www.synology.com/en-us/compatibility/hd/DS2413+
1853216
Yes, I'm running the 8tb version and it has the full 8tb, but for some reason I think the device used the first drive closes to the power button first for storage in this setup, but yes it works!
762382
I have not yet started using my 4TB Backup Plus, so I don't know the capabilities. Sorry.
2005138
Assuming 4TB drives a re supported (may require a firmware upgrade on the RAID controller) then 32TB is correct. If 4TB drives aren't supported by Highpoint (the RAID controller vendor) then the limit is 24TB (8x3TB drives.)
1884010
This is an expansion unit, that allow you to add up to 12 more drives to DS2413+ or DS3612xs. This expansion unit, by itself, does not do anything.
1666227
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.
1621434
Depend what sizes of hard disk's you installed in this machine. 4 x 4TB = 16TB is the Max.