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NV F/W
Hi, been a while since I visited here, hence the new account since I can't remember my username.
I have an NV which apart from the early PSU issue has served me pretty well. Checked my Smart data just now and found the HDDs have been running for 7 years. So whilst I'm aware of the current dissatisfaction with Netgear, I have to say I'm pretty impressed with how reliable this thing has been.
I've been debating whether to upgrade it, or just add larger HDDs. I currently have 4 x 250GB, which does just about what I need, but is peaking towards the limit from time to time. So I have decided to just add some larger disks. Looking at what features newer NASes offer, I came to the conclusion that all I really want is centralised storage, so why spend the money. I'd quite like something a bit quicker perhaps, but extending the life for another few years (touch wood, and I do have another spare PSU) seems to make more sense to me.
So having checked the HCL I thought I'd pop in here and see how things were going. I noticed that there is a 4.1.13 firmware for Sparc, but for the life of me I can't remember what CPU is in the NV and so wanted to ask whether this is compatible, and if not is there a newer firmware than 4.1.10?
Many thanks
Simon
I have an NV which apart from the early PSU issue has served me pretty well. Checked my Smart data just now and found the HDDs have been running for 7 years. So whilst I'm aware of the current dissatisfaction with Netgear, I have to say I'm pretty impressed with how reliable this thing has been.
I've been debating whether to upgrade it, or just add larger HDDs. I currently have 4 x 250GB, which does just about what I need, but is peaking towards the limit from time to time. So I have decided to just add some larger disks. Looking at what features newer NASes offer, I came to the conclusion that all I really want is centralised storage, so why spend the money. I'd quite like something a bit quicker perhaps, but extending the life for another few years (touch wood, and I do have another spare PSU) seems to make more sense to me.
So having checked the HCL I thought I'd pop in here and see how things were going. I noticed that there is a 4.1.13 firmware for Sparc, but for the life of me I can't remember what CPU is in the NV and so wanted to ask whether this is compatible, and if not is there a newer firmware than 4.1.10?
Many thanks
Simon
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- the NV you have is a sparc, so 4.1.13 is the correct firmware.
You are limited to 2 TB drives and smaller.
On the upgrade, I'd price using 2 or 3 2TB drives against using 4 of a smaller size, and pick whatever is cheapest. WDC "red" drives work well.
If you go with 2 TB you will need to do a factory reset to get best performance (the issue is that you need 4K sector alignment with the newer drives). If you deploy fewer than 4 drives, you will need to rebuild the NAS from scratch (taking the old drives out). Label the existing drives by slot, so you can pop them back in if needed (with the NAS powered off). - Thanks Stephen, I was thinking of 4 x 1GB HGST drives (smallest I could find), which works out at less than half the cost of a 2 bay Synology + 2 x 3GB WD Red. If I was to consider a 4 bay Synology business model then the price difference becomes quite significant. That's an investment I'm not willing to make until Synology release a 4 bay equivalent of the 214Play.
So with that in mind, is a reset still recommended? I have a 2TB USB backup drive so rebuilding the NAS is not a major issue, other than the time.
Many thanks
Simon - There's no need to reset it for 1 TB drives. The main advantage is that since all the existing drives are kept intact, you can recover the current state by re-inserting all four (NAS powered down). That does give you an extra fallback if something goes wrong.
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