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Memory Upgrade ReadyNAS 2100, and 1500's
Hello,
I am sure this topic is discussed often, I found some posts and even an FAQ but none of what I found really anwered the question for my application.
I have 3 of the rackmount ReadyNAS devices, a 2100 and 2 1500's. The only thing that I use the devices for is a backup to disk target. All three of them are configured as raid 0 for maximum size and speed. I have gone through every page of the GUI and tried to streamline everything as much as possible to eliminate anything that may slow down disk backups.
I use Symantec Backup exec 2012 and have the 3 devices in a B2D pool. I get pretty good throughput, but the cost of memory is cheap. Would I see any benefit adding additional memory to my devices?
I have not seen any rants about Netgear cheaping out from the factory and starving the boxes for memory. I did see some claims of 10% + boost in performace from adding memory.
Is it worth grabbing some 2GB sticks and throwing them in to the 2100 and 1500 devices?
Thanks
I am sure this topic is discussed often, I found some posts and even an FAQ but none of what I found really anwered the question for my application.
I have 3 of the rackmount ReadyNAS devices, a 2100 and 2 1500's. The only thing that I use the devices for is a backup to disk target. All three of them are configured as raid 0 for maximum size and speed. I have gone through every page of the GUI and tried to streamline everything as much as possible to eliminate anything that may slow down disk backups.
I use Symantec Backup exec 2012 and have the 3 devices in a B2D pool. I get pretty good throughput, but the cost of memory is cheap. Would I see any benefit adding additional memory to my devices?
I have not seen any rants about Netgear cheaping out from the factory and starving the boxes for memory. I did see some claims of 10% + boost in performace from adding memory.
Is it worth grabbing some 2GB sticks and throwing them in to the 2100 and 1500 devices?
Thanks
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- Well one tricky thing will be finding out which revisions you have. Best if when you have downtime, pop the lid to see what RAM is in them right now.
There has been a few revisions of those models, some with ECC/non-ECC, DDR2/DDR3.
RN2100v1 was ECC Intel Tolapai 1.1ghz (32bit), small boost over the NVX. RN2100v2 was Atom 1.8ghz (64bit), same as Pro4.
RN1500 was originally based on NVX hardware, non-ECC Intel Tolapai 1ghz (32bit). Not sure what it is now, probably 2100v1 hardware, since old stock would have run out.• Processor – V1: Intel Tolapai EP80579, V2: Intel dual core Atom D510
• Memory – V1: DDR2 VLP ECC DIMM, V2: DDR2 SODIMM
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