Firmware ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 s/n2102917Y00C1B

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shybear wrote:

I bought a ReadyNAS Duo RND2000.

On label its written that its v2 and the actual firmware is RAIDiator 4.1.16.

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If I had a dollar for every v1 user who thought they had a v2, I would be a lot richer... :smileywink:

The original Duo (called v1 here) runs 4.1.x firmware, and it cannot run 5.3.x firmware.

Unfortunately many of these Duos do have a label on them that says v2.  That's because Netgear also uses "v2, v3, ..." to identify small hardware revisions of their products.  They really messed up when they branded the v2 platform. Support (and the forum) have paid for this mis-step ever since.

The original (v1) Duo says ReadyNAS Duo on the front panel.  The Duo v2 says ReadyNAS Duo v2 on the front panel.

Netgear stopped shipping your NAS in late 2011, as it was no longer competitive at that point.  The Duo's underlying architecture goes back to 2005 (the original ReadyNAS offering from Infrant Technologies).

BTW, your NAS is limited to 2 TB disks.  That applies both to the internal drives and any USB drives you might attach.  

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shybear wrote:

Opening the case I saw the RAM of 256 its mounted on a slot so I wish to know if its possibile to upgrade it.

 

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It can be upgraded to 512 MB or even 1 GB - but the RAM is very old (DDR), and the v1 platforms are finicky about memory.  So it is important to run the memory test in the boot menu after installing it - and even if that passes, you should be on the lookout for misbehavior (crashes, etc).  Definitely keep the original memory stick.

If you are running the stock firmware, there's not a lot of performance gain in increasing the RAM.  You shouldn't be running a lot of apps anyway, since the NAS is way behind on security updates - and the platform is slow by modern standards no matter how much memory you install.  The only real benefit I can see for wanting to upgrade is if you also want to update the SAMBA package manually. 

So, this is really confusing and has always been :)

There is a Duo_v1 (version 2) and a Duo_v2. You have a Duo_v1 (version 2). The label on back is highly confusing.

The Duo_v1 (version 2) has a charcoal black chassis where it says "ReadyNAS Duo" on the front:

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RND2000v1_%28ReadyNAS_Duo_v1%29.aspx 

The Duo_v2 is a metallic-grey chassis where it says "ReadyNAS Duo V2" on the front:

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RND2000v2_%28ReadyNAS_Duo_v2%29.aspx 

The latest firmware the for the Duo_v1 is 4.1.16.

You can upgrade RAM on these models. Some users here have had success with that. There are people on these forum that know more about that procedure than I, so I leave them to chime in on that part.