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adding extra disk to RNDP6310
I own a ReadyNas Pro for many years now. Inside the ReadyNAS were by factory default 3x1TB hdd (Seagate) installed. A few years ago I added an extra 1TB hdd (WD), no problems so far.... This week ...
RobinJanicki wrote:
Can you please tell me if it is worth to upgrade to OS 6.x.
That depends on what you are looking for. My pro-6 is still running 4.2.31. If I ever need to do a factory reset, I'll upgrade it then, but for now I'll leave it alone.
Interesting features in OS 6 include the snapshots (which are more useful then OS 4.2. snapshot), the built in Antivirus protection, ReadyCloud, and more apps (including Plex). It lets you switch between xraid and flexraid without a factory reset, which is sometimes convenient. However you still couldn't remove a disk from an existing volume. Like OS 4.2, you need to destroy the volume to do that.
RobinJanicki wrote:
Is it possible to use another RAID configuration (in OS 6.x), so that I can use 'a bunch of disks' in one RAID configuration, in which case the whole 4TB becomes available.
OS 4.2 has that option too (flexraid), but you can't get there without a factory reset. You need to be careful with jbod - if any disk fails, then all your data is lost. I recommend making each disk it's own volume when you aren't using RAID redundancy.
RobinJanicki wrote:
How about the complexity of of upgrading from OS 4.x to OS 6.x?- BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP
- Download PREPR4TOR6_0.1-x86.bin
- Upload it using the ReadyNAS web gui firmware update, but do not reboot afterwards
- Download R4toR6_6.9.3.bin
- Upload it using the ReadyNAS web gui firmware update
- After you upload the addon/firmware and reboot, it will update the firmware and start a factory default. Your system should be back up in less than 10 minutes running the new firmware.
- Reconfigure the NAS
- restore the data from the backup.
For links to files see OS6 now works on x86 Legacy WARNING: NO NTGR SUPPORT
Can you please tell me if it is worth to upgrade to OS 6.x.
Is it possible to use another RAID configuration (in OS 6.x), so that I can use 'a bunch of disks' in one RAID configuration, in which case the whole 4TB becomes available.
How about the complexity of of upgrading from OS 4.x to OS 6.x? I did read some posts about this subject, but i didn't find a brief manual jet, about upgrading from OS 4.x to OS 6.x.
RobinJanicki wrote:
Can you please tell me if it is worth to upgrade to OS 6.x.
That depends on what you are looking for. My pro-6 is still running 4.2.31. If I ever need to do a factory reset, I'll upgrade it then, but for now I'll leave it alone.
Interesting features in OS 6 include the snapshots (which are more useful then OS 4.2. snapshot), the built in Antivirus protection, ReadyCloud, and more apps (including Plex). It lets you switch between xraid and flexraid without a factory reset, which is sometimes convenient. However you still couldn't remove a disk from an existing volume. Like OS 4.2, you need to destroy the volume to do that.
RobinJanicki wrote:
Is it possible to use another RAID configuration (in OS 6.x), so that I can use 'a bunch of disks' in one RAID configuration, in which case the whole 4TB becomes available.
OS 4.2 has that option too (flexraid), but you can't get there without a factory reset. You need to be careful with jbod - if any disk fails, then all your data is lost. I recommend making each disk it's own volume when you aren't using RAID redundancy.
RobinJanicki wrote:
How about the complexity of of upgrading from OS 4.x to OS 6.x?
- BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP
- Download PREPR4TOR6_0.1-x86.bin
- Upload it using the ReadyNAS web gui firmware update, but do not reboot afterwards
- Download R4toR6_6.9.3.bin
- Upload it using the ReadyNAS web gui firmware update
- After you upload the addon/firmware and reboot, it will update the firmware and start a factory default. Your system should be back up in less than 10 minutes running the new firmware.
- Reconfigure the NAS
- restore the data from the backup.
For links to files see OS6 now works on x86 Legacy WARNING: NO NTGR SUPPORT
Many thanks for your expertise and the time answering my questions!
This week migrated to OS 6.8:
First made a backup of the data on my NAS to an external disk (that took quite some time....)
Used Prep4toR6_0.1-x86.bin and R4toR6_latest.bin to upgare the firmware.
Installed an extra 4TB hdd.
Everything is working as expected:
- new OS 6.8 is 'better' (more options) than the old one- I now have aprox 7TB free space (wow)
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