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Raid X - Raid 10 RN628X
I'm looking to update my existing 4 bay RN314 NAS to a Readynas RN628X 8 bay NAS... For reference, I'm currently getting average transfer speeds to my existing RN314 circa 110-120MB-s over a 1Gbi...
NameAlreadyTake wrote:
There apear to some RN628X's available at some UK suppliers. This model is also showing current on the Netgear web site. Is this not the case? Has it been superseded?
Thanks, JamesReadyNAS generally have been hard to find for quite a while, and there are rumors here that Netgear is exiting the NAS business. Netgear hasn't said, but it is very plausible - no new platforms introduced for some years, and recent firmware releases have been focused on maintenance/security fixes.
You might want to check the pricing on the units you are seeing with comparable Synology units. (FWIW, I've never owned a Synology, so this isn't a purchase recommendation. Just a suggestion that you check pricing from other vendors).
NameAlreadyTake wrote:
So am I right in assuming that if I start with 4x HDDs in the unit in raid 10 that I can add another 4 in later and it will expand the Raid 10 partition to fill all drives automatically while keeping all data?Expansion wouldn't be automatic, as you'd be using flexraid. You'd go into the volume settings, select the two added drives, and then click "Expand". Here's a link to a post from a user who's gone through this process: https://community.netgear.com/t5/New-ReadyNAS-Users-General/RAID-10-Expansion/td-p/2064928
Note you can add the new disks in pairs, you don't need to add all four at the same time.
There apear to some RN628X's available at some UK suppliers. This model is also showing current on the Netgear web site. Is this not the case? Has it been superseded?
Thanks, James
Thanks, James
NameAlreadyTake wrote:
There apear to some RN628X's available at some UK suppliers. This model is also showing current on the Netgear web site. Is this not the case? Has it been superseded?
Thanks, James
ReadyNAS generally have been hard to find for quite a while, and there are rumors here that Netgear is exiting the NAS business. Netgear hasn't said, but it is very plausible - no new platforms introduced for some years, and recent firmware releases have been focused on maintenance/security fixes.
You might want to check the pricing on the units you are seeing with comparable Synology units. (FWIW, I've never owned a Synology, so this isn't a purchase recommendation. Just a suggestion that you check pricing from other vendors).
NameAlreadyTake wrote:
So am I right in assuming that if I start with 4x HDDs in the unit in raid 10 that I can add another 4 in later and it will expand the Raid 10 partition to fill all drives automatically while keeping all data?
Expansion wouldn't be automatic, as you'd be using flexraid. You'd go into the volume settings, select the two added drives, and then click "Expand". Here's a link to a post from a user who's gone through this process: https://community.netgear.com/t5/New-ReadyNAS-Users-General/RAID-10-Expansion/td-p/2064928
Note you can add the new disks in pairs, you don't need to add all four at the same time.
Thanks.
That was super easy... It took a bit of time to swap and sync one drive at a time. However once all 4 were in place, the free drive expanded to fill the new 4x18TB disks in raid 10. I'm now back to having a usable NAS unit again!
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