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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 file...
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.
Thank you very much! I know that SSD are expensive, but I assume that an HDD would quickly fail in a high vibration and bumpy environment like a motorhome. I would have to shut it down to travel. I'd like to have it available while driving.
wagwarnas wrote:
if my understanding is correct, I would need to populate the nas with 4 2TB ssd to get a 4tb volume.
That is not correct. 4x2TB will give you a 6 TB volume in X-RAID. The rule for capacity with XRAID is "sum the disks and subtract the largest".
wagwarnas wrote:
What SSD would you recommend or have you heard good things about?
I haven't used an SSD in my own NAS. If you look at the HCL, you'll find that Netgear has qualified Samsung 850 Pro and 860 Pro for ReadyNAS in both 2 and 4 TB sizes. So they would be safe choices (and have excellent reputations). https://kb.netgear.com/20641/ReadyNAS-Hard-Disk-Compatibility-List
Thank you very much for that info. I decided I would purchase the RN214, so I have been trying to find one online! it appears they are not to be found. I can only find one available new, it is the corrrect price, but it ships from the UK. Are they all mfg. here in the US? Would I have any problems? I cannot find any other vendor including Netgear itself that has one for sale! thanks.
I just had an interesting chat with Netgear Tech Supp. It seems that the reason the RN 214 is unavailable is because it is EOL. Discontinued. Netgear appears to be getting out of the Home NAS market. Not sure about the Business end. Be nice if Netgear would inform shoppers in its store that they are looking at specs for a discontinued product. Interesting also is the recommended upgrade for RN 214 is the RN 424 which is also out of stock at netgear and unavailable online as well.
https://www.netgear.com/images/aboutus/warranty/SMB_External_EOL_List_0331-2019.pdf
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