AMA - Ask Us Anything About ReadyNAS and You Could Win a ReadyNAS 214!

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kmotala wrote:

Hello!!! Any custom firmware for this ready nas ??? Or do you plan add bitorrent client to this ??

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There is no specific custom firmware for the ReadyNAS. If you venture in that durection may make support an issue.

In the backend is running Debian, so you are able to do most/all the debian things on the unit. There are some packages and versioning that is a little different, but most of the packaging will be the same as any other Debian server.

There are a few bittorrent clients available on the app site:

http://apps.readynas.com/pages/?page_id=9

• Qbittorrent
• Transmission
• uTorrent

(If there is something not in that list and available on debian, you can ssh and install that client if you wish.)

Note: The OS Space that is allocated on the ReadyNASOS is limited to 4GB, so if there is more space needed for the client/app, we have a directory dedicated for the application space on your data volume.

katart wrote:

What Apps are available for use with the ReadyNAS 214?

You can look at the app list, and the "Download for" all devices and ARM will be the apps that are compactible with the RN214.

http://apps.readynas.com/pages/?page_id=9

beatlesfreak200 wrote:

I'd know to know specifics around the following.

1. (1) 4k streaming capable?

There is a NAS that was tested to work with 4k (RN626), but there was not extensive testing on all of the prodcut lines since there are a lot of variable when qualifying the full streaming capability.

Note: The stream test is based on Plex's Transcoding. If you are doing XBMC local stream would not require as much CPU from the NAS configuration and would allow for lower end units to be able to perform the 4k transcoding.

beatlesfreak200 wrote:

I'd know to know specifics around the following.

1. (2) Expandable memory? if so, what are the limits?

Yes. There are some memory modules that are available for rackmount units, but we do not have a supported memory module available for the desktop units.

beatlesfreak200 wrote:

I'd know to know specifics around the following.

1. (3) RAID levels available?

We support all of the RAIDs: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

These are options in the Flex-RAID configuration with the right amount of drives:

https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/storage/WP-ReadyNAS-FlexRAID-Optimization-Guide.pdf

beatlesfreak200 wrote:

 I'd know to know specifics around the following.

1. (4) Any M.2/NVME slots available for caching?

There are no M.2/NVME readily available on the ReadyNAS units. Some of the newer Desktops have a limited size M.2/NVME(and SATA depending on the model), and based on the limited size may not show much supported features from that component.

It is not available yet, but we are looking into something that will be close to caching. (I don't think I can say more than that at this time.)