Pro Pioneer memory upgrade, KHX6400D2LLK2/4G

Are you running the virtual machine on the NAS? Or just using it as disk image / iSCSI backend? Mind sharing your model number?

There's just one Pro Pioneer that I know of and that's the RNDP600E (that's what I've got anyway).

As for additional software that I run it's all listed in the first post (with additional I mean besides serving as a fileserver for my local network), don't use iSCSI at the moment.

Yes there's only one Pro Pioneer, the RNDP600E-100. It's similar to the Ultra 6 Plus (RNDP600U-200). The Ultra 6 Plus is the follow on to the Pro Pioneer (basically the Pro Pioneer with some relatively minor hardware upgrades but still the same CPU). The Ultra 6 Plus itself has been discontinued now, I think. The Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200) with its faster CPU, 5 year warranty and business features is a great choice if looking for a new unit.

mdgm wrote:

Yes there's only one Pro Pioneer, the RNDP600E-100. It's similar to the Ultra 6 Plus (RNDP600U-200). The Ultra 6 Plus is the follow on to the Pro Pioneer (basically the Pro Pioneer with some relatively minor hardware upgrades but still the same CPU). The Ultra 6 Plus itself has been discontinued now, I think. The Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200) with its faster CPU, 5 year warranty and business features is a great choice if looking for a new unit.

Thanks! Nice to see you complement with a few more model numbers but I just wonder, the Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200) you talk about, that's the "new" disk-less chassis option right?

Yes. You can also purchase the Pro 6 with disks e.g. RNDP6310-200 (3x1TB enterprise disks) or RNDP6310D-200 (3x1TB desktop class drives) if you prefer.

The Pro 6 has a 2.6Ghz CPU which is a nice bump over the 1.8Ghz one found in the Pro Pioneer/Pro Business Edition/Ultra 6 Plus. See CPU Specs of the ReadyNAS. The Pro 6 and Ultra 6 Plus were released around the same time as each other, I think.

Thank you. The memory upgrade seems to be working fine on our Pro Business:

Model: ReadyNAS Pro 6 [X-RAID2]
Serial: ***
Firmware: RAIDiator 4.2.21
Memory: 4096 MB [4-5-5-18 DDR2]

The good thing about the Pro 6 is that it has a CPU with VT-x which is essential if you want to run 64-bit VMs in VirtualBox. This is one of the advantages of the Pro 6 over the first-gen Pro.

Just wanted to say thanks to jmalmlund for providing the successful install. Just received and installed my pair today. Ran two memory tests, and everything seems good so far.

Firmware: RAIDiator 4.2.20
Memory: 4096 MB [4-5-5-18 DDR2]

I'll be running some UPNP->XBOX 360 media streaming that was giving me some stuttering. Hopefully this random guess of an upgrade helps out. If not, I guess I just gave the NAS a little more breathing space.

I would also like to thank Mr. Malmlund for his advice. Ran 5 passes of memtest without problems, and have now been using it for about a month without issues. Significant improvement in performance!

Thanks for your recommendation and success stories. Just ordered these for my Pro Pioneer. Does anyone have any experience with using these memory sticks on the Ultra 6 and Ultra 6 Plus as well?
Thanks!