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ReadyNAS 628
Hi, There is an opportunity to acquire a ReadyNAS 628 for a good price but I was wondering if the platform is more or less dead and if it is worth the investment. It is a powerful unit and it should...
Thank you for your reply, it is indeed a tricky situation. I would think that for a simple NAS the units could last well into the future. Not so much if you would like to do something more exotic. My main problem is that I am struggling to find cases in the retail space in a similar form factor in order to build something of my own. The only ones from Ablecom are OEM. The rest I can find are pretty much rubbish. Netgear probably designs their own motherboards for these units, shame they don't offer a management port (like IPMI) like most Xeon-D motherboards do. Decisions....
There is a micro USB port concealed under a sticker used for the serial console.
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