yellow_frog wrote:

Thanks very much for the quick response - its appreciated, especially the intel on V2 not being compatable with V1.

Option 1 - buy an identical NAS is favourite. Would it be as simple as:

- Purchase used NV+

- Make sure new NV+ is updated to the latest Radiator

- Swap in old disks to new NV+

Yes - installing a scratch disk in the replacement first, and then upgrading it to 4.1.16. Then power down, and swap in your old disk. Ideally preserve slot order.

yellow_frog wrote:

I cant remember the RAID setup I had originally; does that matter or will the new (used) NV+ adjust itself to the setup of the 4 disks?

The OS is stored on the disks, so all settings (including RAID configuration) would be preserved. There is a boot check on whether the RAIDiator version in the flash memory matches the disks, and the boot will automatically reinstall the OS if it doesn't match (either upgrade or downgrade). With an unknown replacement, that could result in a huge downgrade attempt - you don't want to risk that. So upgrading RAIDiator first with a scratch disk is an important step. It also verifies that the replacement is functional.

FWIW, I do suggest getting a new NAS - the currently shipping OS-6 ReadyNAS are much faster and have more features. They also support SMB 3.0, so Microsoft's deprecation of SMB 1.0 wouldn't affect you. You could then repurpose the NV+ as a backup NAS (using scheduled rsync backups).

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