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kebex
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NAS with single volume larger than 16TB

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Greetings,

I've been looking through a few possible choices from QNAP, Synology and ASUSTOR.
I plan on getting 4 x 8TB to use in the NAS and maximise the space with RAID-5 (24TB).
The purpose is for storage with regular but not 24/7 access.

For Synology, NAS with maximum single volume larger than 16TB tend to be above my budget with the DS416play being the cheapest at 400+.

For QNAP, the spec sheet doesn't mention anything so it is harder to figure out which is why I am here.
From what I gather, my options for current 4-bay NAS are TS-431P or TS-451A and TS-451+.

So from your experience, which NAS from QNAP would be suitable?
I would also consider an older model if it is worth it.
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Re: NAS with single volume larger than 16TB

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if you want to be certain get a intel device...I know that arm still has issues with expanding past 16TB...so if you want to swap the drives for larger ones in the future,the X31p might give you grief
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Re: NAS with single volume larger than 16TB

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With a x64 compatible QNAP like the TS-451A/451+, under QTS 4.3.x you have a maximum Volume size of 250TB. Now that is not the RAID limit, but the volume carved within a storage pool limit.

See here:
http://docs.qnap.com/nas/4.3/cat2/en/vo ... newvolumes
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Re: NAS with single volume larger than 16TB

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oh so for double digit drivebay NAS units the 250TB limit might be approaching fast
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dolbyman wrote:oh so for double digit drivebay NAS units the 250TB limit might be approaching fast
:DD

Maybe one day soon: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08 ... ard-drive/

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Re: NAS with single volume larger than 16TB

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oh heck yes!!! 60TB SAS HDD @ $30 grand each though, yummy in deed. Imagining populating all 24 bays with these beauties.... now we really start talking about storage capacities such as Petabyte's, Exabyte's and Zettabyte's.

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