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NetGear Rn31400 still useable in 2024?
At work while cleaning out some stuff from our data center we came across a netgear rn31400 nas. This was from one of the doctor offices we bought out and put in all of our own equipment. Think the Dr. who ran this office actually did all the IT setup by himself even the software so was pretty impressive. Since we have no use of this and the drives had been removed a long time ago we decided to just draw names from a hat to take it home instead of recycling it. I won and have had it for a bit but no power cord. My current nas setup is an old Dlink Sharecenter 2 bay that I got given to me. I just run 2 8tb drives in it as raid 1 and store my movies/tv shows on it for my plex. Haven't had any issues with it but nearing capacity on it. Have been looking at different nas setups and figured I would check out if this would be a viable option still? I would love to spend a ton of money on a nice nas setup unfortunately with family and a kid this is not a high priority at this time. I don't really use all the crazy features of a nas other than storage. Run plex off a pc and Linux box handles the VPN and arr environment.
TL;DR Got a free rn314 wondering if still useable as mainly just storage.
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i see absolutely no reason why the rn314 wouldnt be usable.
you can pretty much plugin any available size of sata drives (afaik there are no limitations on how big a harddrive can be in OS6, the HCL shows up to 16TB per drive, but hasnt been updated in a while) and start using it as long as you are fine with the limitations of the device (mainly its 1Gbit Interfaces).
Yea my current setup the Dlink Sharecenter only has the 1Gbit as well and haven't really had issues. I would put these current two 8tb drives in, I have another 8tb that I am not really using and would just grab another and chuck them all in there. Just saw this as a possible way to save some money instead of buying a newer one. I also am not familiar with Netgears NAS at all so have been checking the forums and seeing overall experiences.
Do you have the drive caddies? If not, you'll find them hard to find and somewhat expensive when you do. The power brick is easy to replace.
If someone asked me if buying a used ReadyNAS is a good investment for someone with no ReadyNAS experience, I'd say no. But for just the cost of a power supply and some drives, I'll say yes.
BTW, I believe it's better to not fill the unit with drives from the start. Start off with two or three that have more then enough space for your current use. You can later expand by adding a drive a lot cheaper than replacing more than one. And all the drives won't be the same age, so likely won't fail around the same time (if you keep them long enough for that.
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