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: LS421DE Maximum Drive Size
: andrewp March 03, 2020, 06:03:25 PM

My LS421DE has a pair of 4TB drives installed in RAID 1 configuration. They're now nearly full.
All the documentation I have found suggests that 4TB drives are the largest drives that can go into the 421DE.
Has anyone successful put larger drives in, e.g. 6TB or 8TB drives?
Thanks

: Re: LS421DE Maximum Drive Size
: Kane88 March 03, 2020, 09:17:17 PM

I would guess 16TB is the largest array the device can use, since it has a 32bit cpu.  So two 8TB drives probably will work, I have not tried it though.

I have used two 5TB drives in that series before, and it formatted to 10TB for RAID 0. 

Try some test disks, they'll probably work.

: Re: LS421DE Maximum Drive Size
: 1000001101000 March 03, 2020, 09:30:41 PM

Ditto

Watch the power requirement for the drives. The device can handle 48w (minus what the board uses) but more power=more heat which can be a problem.