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New models? Active development?
Hey all, I was just wondering if there's any active development on ReadyNas devices still underway? Things seem to have stalled this year on the software side, and the hardware models haven't bee...
oh my, I just bought the ReadyNAS 526x 6-Bay 6x6TB for 5k lol
Do you think this will matter for the future? I made a big investment and purchased the ReadyNas 526x model for the work place (web developer, but our team also includes engineers, app developers, coders, programmers) so you can imagine the amount of data storage and hoards of information. I'm not going to list all the information but we work with C++, PHP, CSS3, HTML5, IOS (xcode) you can see the full list here https://www.cubycode.com/
PLUS we are all gamers. What is the best solution here? Buy a second one and avoid any future tech problems? Or invest in newer model?
We don't know anything for sure at this point but ReadyNAS stock levels seems to have been low for a while. Even so, we will still see software updates as I can't imagine they would leave their users (many within years of warranty and support) stranded.
The units you have are excellent and I wouldn't worry too much about it if I was you. The RN product line is very well developed at this stage and I still plan on using mine for the next few years.
I used to work for NETGEAR but since I left a few years ago I don't know what the development situation is, but if it does stop:
For a file server for storing large volumes of data (which in my opinion is by far the most common use for a NAS) even the oldest ReadyNAS units discontinued several years ago are still usable if you re-enable SMB1 support on your PCs or find a way to put a newer version of samba on that supports SMB2. Current ReadyNAS support SMB3 which hopefully won't be deprecated for a long time so whenever software updates stop coming for the current models they are not going to be useless overnight.
There may be those in the community that prepare updates for packages etc., over time, but as time goes on less and less apps would be easily updatable to newer versions.
Some would look into putting 3rd party OSes on (though those with active hardware warranty may wish to seriously consider whether this is advisable). I briefly put Windows 7 on a RN516 for the fun of it some years ago basically just to see if I could.Any of the ARM or x86 models should be able to run vanilla Debian (after all the ReadyNAS OS is based on that), but the x86_64 units (especially those with VGA/HDMI) would have the most choices of 3rd party OS.
The key challenge with a 3rd party OS is ideally you'd want something that can be installed and maintained over a network, and to spend the time to get things like fan control running.I have several ReadyNAS units and replacing them would be cost prohibitive, so I expect whatever happens I'll be using ReadyNAS units for several years to come.
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