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Lack of upgrade for Ultra 6 devices
I purchased a "high end" home NAS, the Ultra 6+. A vibrant online community with updates and betas were some of the top benefits I saw. First the betas stop, then the releases stop coming nearly as fr...
It's already been said 'EOL' by support folks: viewtopic.php?p=389766#p389766
With the new 100,300,500 series out, it is clearly EOL. Yes, hardware warranty is still there for the next 3/5 years. But software won't see any enhancements, at most some maintenance fixes like 4.2.23 was (which seem to be done by Skywalker in between tight resources for the new products).
If you got it at a discount compared to the RN316, keep it around, it does serve a purpose and gets the job done. If the price was pretty close to the RN316, I would look at returning it and exchange it for something that will have attention and get software updates over the next few years.
With the new 100,300,500 series out, it is clearly EOL. Yes, hardware warranty is still there for the next 3/5 years. But software won't see any enhancements, at most some maintenance fixes like 4.2.23 was (which seem to be done by Skywalker in between tight resources for the new products).
If you got it at a discount compared to the RN316, keep it around, it does serve a purpose and gets the job done. If the price was pretty close to the RN316, I would look at returning it and exchange it for something that will have attention and get software updates over the next few years.
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