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RN21400-100AJS last power state
Hi, I've just bought a new Readynas RN21400-100AJS. I was under the impression this was supposed to remember the last power state if there was a power failure. Last week after the unit had been sh...
davidr1 wrote:
As Netgear over here are out of stock on all NASs I'm not sure how I can get it exchanged. Amazon say they will but the price keeps
A less expensive approach would be to connect the NAS to a UPS (which I think is good practice anyway).
When the NAS is powered off, then the UPS will ensure that the NAS doesn't see a change in the input power. When the NAS is powered on, then it would shut down cleanly if the UPS battery runs out.
StephenB wrote:FWIW, The hardware manual says it doesn't do that. For instance, page 58 here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf
That text appears for each desktop NAS.
And I don't think that's the only place the hardware manual is wrong. That was likely the intent, and may even be set up in the BIOS but messed up in some way by hardware.
FWIW, I originally had my rack-mount systems set up to come up in the previous state and found that to be a bad idea when I was on vacation (with main NAS left running for remote access) and the power went off at home. Even though my UPS is set to power the attached devices back on when the battery reaches a certain percentage, my NAS didn't come on when power was restored because it was turned off before its power loss due to UPS shut-down. So, I was without remote access for the duration. Now my main NAS is set to always come on. It doesn't really matter for the backups, as they'll come back on on a schedule.
My 212 behaves as per the manual ans StephenB says.
Methinks the 214 should also.
As Netgear over here are out of stock on all NASs I'm not sure how I can get it exchanged. Amazon say they will but the price keeps going up.
davidr
davidr1 wrote:
As Netgear over here are out of stock on all NASs I'm not sure how I can get it exchanged. Amazon say they will but the price keeps
A less expensive approach would be to connect the NAS to a UPS (which I think is good practice anyway).
When the NAS is powered off, then the UPS will ensure that the NAS doesn't see a change in the input power. When the NAS is powered on, then it would shut down cleanly if the UPS battery runs out.
It happens I just picked up an RN214, and it behaves exactly as yours does, at least on one try, so exchanging it is unlikely to accomplish anything, anyway.
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