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NAS to replace Netgear ReadyNAS NV+
Hi, Can someone recommend a Readynas and drives?
I need to replace my old Readynas NV+. I need about 4 tb of mirrored storage. Primay usage will be for photo files (2 TB) and about 1TB audio files (FLAC). I need the nas to be wireless enabled and I will use a SONOS system for audio playback (or maybe PLEX, but I just haven't looked into that yet). I need to be able take this NAS 'on the road' as I will be traveling in a motorhome for months at a time. I believe populating the nas with SSD instead of HDD will be necessary due to the shock, vibrations and bumps associated with travel. I want to be able to leave the NAS up and running while driving.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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wagwarnas wrote:
I need about 4 tb of mirrored storage.
Do you literally mean "mirrored" - that is, RAID-1 or RAID-10? Or would you be ok with RAID-5 (which is redundant, but not mirrored).?
A two-bay platform would require 4 TB SSDs - which are fairly expensive, and wouldn't be expandable. If you could went with a 4-bay platform, you could go with three 2 TB SSDs initially, which would allow you to add another one later on if you needed to grow to a 6 TB volume.
As far as currently shipping platforms go, the RN212, RN214, RN422, and RN424 are all reasonable options. If you are looking at a used NAS, you could add in the RN202, RN204, RN312, and RN314. Inventory is scarce at the moment, and although I don't recommend competitor NAS products (I don't own any), I do suggest that you look at all competitor options also.
All the OS-6 ReadyNAS can handle 2.5" SSD SATA drives.
Thank you for your quick response! I am using RaidX (I believe) and I have been very happy with that. I had a drive crash in my 4 bay NV+ and though I had to pay Netgear for tech supp, the tech was able to recover all of the data. I dont want to lose that. So my understanding is that is 2 drive volume with a 2 drive mirror. If that is not correct, let me know. I'm not sure what RaID LEVEL Raidx is.
I forgot to ask, what wireless protocols do the RN214 and 424 support? I have not found that info in the tech specs.
if my understanding is correct, I would need to populate the nas with 4 2TB ssd to get a 4tb volume. What SSD would you recommend or have you heard good things about?
Thank you.
wagwarnas wrote:I'm not sure what RaID LEVEL Raidx is.
On Sparc it uses RAID-4 (unlike RAID-5 it has a dedicated parity disk rather than distributing parity amongst all the disks). On newer ReadyNAS it uses RAID-5.
wagwarnas wrote:
I forgot to ask, what wireless protocols do the RN214 and 424 support? I have not found that info in the tech specs.
The NAS gets plugged in via ethernet to your router/switch. The wireless protocols are totally dependent on what your router and your client (e.g. laptop) support.
wagwarnas wrote:
if my understanding is correct, I would need to populate the nas with 4 2TB ssd to get a 4tb volume. What SSD would you recommend or have you heard good things about?
2TB SSDs are not cheap. SSDs will make a performance difference most notably for "random" read/writes over the GbE interface of the RN214 and RN424, but if doing large sequential transfers you'd want to be using the 10GbE ethernet interface of e.g. a RN524X to see a big increase in speed. 10GBASE-T equipment still isn't cheap. You'd need a switch that supports it and a NIC in your PC.
For a lot of users hard drives are still the economical way to go. I have several ReadyNAS and haven't yet used a SSD in any of them.
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