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Maximum Storage by Disk and Total Unit Capacity
Hi,
I am a proud owner of a RNDU4000 (ReadyNAS Ultra 4 [X-RAID2]) that I've been using, going on 10 years now. I'm currently running RAIDar Utility Version 6.4.0 and Firmware/RAIDiator 4.2.31 w...
Hi Stephanie,
Thanks for your prompt reply on this. Converting my NAS to run OS 6 sounds very enticing but I fear that in doing so, this procedure could also "brick" the appliance. Would I be at risk of this?
DJOROD wrote:
Converting my NAS to run OS 6 sounds very enticing but I fear that in doing so, this procedure could also "brick" the appliance. Would I be at risk of this?
I haven't seen any posts from Ultra owners reporting a bricked NAS when doing the conversion. There are a couple of OS 4.2.x NAS models that use 32 bit processors, and they can be bricked - but the Ultra is a 64 bit platform.
There are also a couple of folks who found that the upgrade resulted in the NAS no longer knowing it's serial number. That creates issues connecting to ReadyCloud. Netgear mods here (for example JohnCM_S ) have solved that problem for a couple of folks.
As I said, it is not supported by Netgear - and you won't be able to get paid Netgear support if you switch. But overall, people doing this conversion have reported success.
Excellent!!! Thank you so much for you all of your help and input. I'll add this to my "To-Do" list =)
Very much appreciated!!!
You may also want to upgrade to at least 2GB of RAM for OS6. All OS6 based platforms save the very earliest ARM based ones have at least 2GB.
Hi, funny you mentioned this. I was about to inquire about that as well. I will need to research to see what RAM (compatability, corect specs, etc) I need in order to get it. Thx for th ereply SandSharkMaster
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