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FreeNAS operating system on ReadyDATA 5200
The ReadyDATA 5200 will NOT work without buying proprietary-signed diskdrives from Netgear at crazy prices. However, if you remove the proprietary NetGear USB key that contains the NetGEAR operating system and replace it with your own FreeNAS operating system it will work PREFECTLY! Every piece of hardware is correrctly recognized including the 10Gbps cards. With the nice ReadyNAS 5200 chassis (aka SuperMicro) with no disk drives, I populated it with 12 Seagate 3TB drives and it works perfectly.
Highly recommend trying it. I tie-wrapped the Netgear USB stick onto a wiring harness to gather dust over the years. FreeNAS is totally free, maintained and there are USB images ready to go from here.. http://www.freenas.org/
-Jim
Highly recommend trying it. I tie-wrapped the Netgear USB stick onto a wiring harness to gather dust over the years. FreeNAS is totally free, maintained and there are USB images ready to go from here.. http://www.freenas.org/
-Jim
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- Yes, any of the x86 models can have the OS replaced easily. Some have put Windows Server on it, Synology(!!) DSM, etc.
Even some of the ARM ones have had complete OS replacements: http://natisbad.org/NAS5/index.html
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