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Dead RND4000 (ReadyNAS NV+)
Hello, I have an RND4000 (ReadyNAS NV+) that appears to have died. I've replaced the power supply unit and still no action, so I guess it's a circuitry fault somewhere. The unit has a 3-driv...
user4202 wrote:
One more question if you can advise - would the differing versions of RND4000 make any difference in being a host for recovery?
Any NV or NV+ v1 model will work. Note the NV+ v1 needs to say ReadyNAS NV+ on the front panel. Don't worry about RND4000v2 or RND4000v3 labels - they denote small hardware revisions of the same platform. Best to test it with a spare disk first. After installing the spare, either match the firmware to your original NAS or install 4.1.16. Try booting the NAS with the spare disk in every slot.
The NV+ v2 (which says ReadyNAS NV+ v2 on the front panel) will not work. Ultras, Pros, or NVXs will not work either.
user4202 wrote:
One more question if you can advise - would the differing versions of RND4000 make any difference in being a host for recovery?
Any NV or NV+ v1 model will work. Note the NV+ v1 needs to say ReadyNAS NV+ on the front panel. Don't worry about RND4000v2 or RND4000v3 labels - they denote small hardware revisions of the same platform. Best to test it with a spare disk first. After installing the spare, either match the firmware to your original NAS or install 4.1.16. Try booting the NAS with the spare disk in every slot.
The NV+ v2 (which says ReadyNAS NV+ v2 on the front panel) will not work. Ultras, Pros, or NVXs will not work either.
Thanks StephenB, I'm piecing this together. It looks like the v1 was very popular (lots of them on marketplace websites) and not many samples out there of the v2. Another way to look at this is perhaps the v2 was very reliable and no one is selling them 🙂
So if you could bear with me and just confirm if I've got this correct, the 'front panel' is this badge on the front panel. Anything that is simply "ReadyNAS NV+" is a v1 and I can disregard the various part codes listed on the serial number/barcode sticker on read or underneath showing RND4000, RND4000v2, RND4000v3 etc:
And from what I've seen of photos, the "ReadyNAS NV+ v2" is a darker colour grey but clearly shows the 'v2' in a different location on the front. Again, the serial number/barcode stickers for a NV+ v2 will still list it as a RND4000 and should be disregarded as evidence.
user4202 wrote:
So if you could bear with me and just confirm if I've got this correct, the 'front panel' is this badge on the front panel. Anything that is simply "ReadyNAS NV+" is a v1 and I can disregard the various part codes listed on the serial number/barcode sticker on read or underneath showing RND4000, RND4000v2, RND4000v3 etc:Correct.
user4202 wrote:
I'm piecing this together. It looks like the v1 was very popular (lots of them on marketplace websites) and not many samples out there of the v2. Another way to look at this is perhaps the v2 was very reliable and no one is selling them
Infrant/Netgear launched the original NV+ in February 2006 and continued building it until late 2011 - when it was replaced by the NV+ v2. The NV+ v2 had a much shorter life - it was replaced with the OS-6 NAS line in 2013.
I've not seen any info on reliability of the v2, but the original NV+ was very well built, and many are being used (despite being slow and underfeatured by modern standards). I have one still in service (though just as a secondary backup).
In addition to the longer duration of sale, the NV+ V2 appears directed solely at the home market where the V1 was also directed at (and was popular with) the small business market. While the V2 has an "updated" GUI, it's also been (IMHO) dumbed down and made less capable, probably to steer businesses to the Ultra and Pro markets.
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