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ReadyNAS Duo V1 512mb/1GB RAM Upgrade reccomendation?
Managed to bag myself a Duo V1 with 2x1TB drives so was pretty happy. Sadly, it only comes with the stock 256MB Module, is there anyone can recommend? Thanks.
Nhellie wrote: It appears that Corsair VS1GSDS333 is getting some good feedback. I know there are newer once that you can test.
Thanks for that. Upon looking it does seem to be well out my price range.
Ixa wrote: @nbsimmo:
Check these forum links below and it might help:
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=63887
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=27509
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=67380
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=57056
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=52073
http://fredriklofter.com/tag/readynas-duo-ram-upgrade/
Looking at these, I'm just not finding anything cheap. I'm in the UK and prices are ranging in the £30 range.
I wrote before on this subject title.
Duo V1 Memory Upgrade : Recommended module at this time?
A successful 1 GB RAM Upgrade with Ready NAs Duo v1
w/ RAIDiator 4.1.13 [1.00a043] and 2 x 2Tb WDC WD20EFRX-68AX9N0 Green Disks
I have managed to upgrade from Unigen 256MB DDR400 Cl 2.5 [2.5-3-3-7]
to Corsair Select 1GB DDR-333 SO-DIMM CL 2.5 [2.5-3-3-7] and it booted and is faster !
I could find in Sweden Corsair 1GB DDR-333 only with CL 3- value but I found with Google the Corsair RAM from a German web shop with description as above. The RAM is brand new one from their distributor and on the packet was only a ticket with p/o VS1GSDS333 G but without any CL-values but I was confirmed by the seller that the RAM CL-values are correct. You should be able to find the RAM from the web site with Google with description as above.
/Jorma
P.S. I saw even later on eBay a second Kingston 1GB RAM with the same CL-value [2.5-3-3-7] value as mine for sale. There are even other second hand Laptop RAMs for sale on eBay and those could be worth of checking and buying.
w/ RAIDiator 4.1.13 [1.00a043] and 2 x 2Tb WDC WD20EFRX-68AX9N0 Green Disks
I have managed to upgrade from Unigen 256MB DDR400 Cl 2.5 [2.5-3-3-7]
to Corsair Select 1GB DDR-333 SO-DIMM CL 2.5 [2.5-3-3-7] and it booted and is faster !
I could find in Sweden Corsair 1GB DDR-333 only with CL 3- value but I found with Google the Corsair RAM from a German web shop with description as above. The RAM is brand new one from their distributor and on the packet was only a ticket with p/o VS1GSDS333 G but without any CL-values but I was confirmed by the seller that the RAM CL-values are correct. You should be able to find the RAM from the web site with Google with description as above.
/Jorma
P.S. I saw even later on eBay a second Kingston 1GB RAM with the same CL-value [2.5-3-3-7] value as mine for sale. There are even other second hand Laptop RAMs for sale on eBay and those could be worth of checking and buying.
P.S.2:: I bought the new Ram with exact the same as my old CL-values. And if your NASDuo current RAm has other CL-values than on mine, there is no explanations by Netgear what you should use: a new IGb Ram with exact CL-values as on your old RAM module or use as have managed with my NASduo v1.
WD20EFRX are WDC Red disks (NAS purposed drives), not WDC Green disks (which are for desktop). The current WDC Green model would be WD20EZRX. I'm just posting this to prevent any future confusion. I recommend using EFRX drives (I have several deployed), but I no longer recommend using desktop drives in a NAS (green or otherwise). NAS purposed drives are better choices.
Did you measure file transfer speeds before and after the upgrade?
Note that some v1 platform users have found that their upgraded memory misbehaves later on (esp. when they upgraded firmware). So it's wise to keep the stock memory handy.
Hi Stephen,
At the time I bought the disks 2x WDC WD20EFRX-68AX9N0, I do believe that they were on the Netgear approved disks list otherwise I did not buy them. If I do remember right, the new WDC Red disks like WD20EFRX were not yet on the approved hardware list by Netgear on that time.
Does this approved hardware list excist any more for Netgear products for ReadyNAsDuo and even other older products? I could not find that from anywhere on internet, it is still usefull for everybody using Netgear products.
/jh
jhnordeco wrote:
Hi Stephen,
At the time I bought the disks 2x WDC WD20EFRX-68AX9N0, I do believe that they were on the Netgear approved disks list otherwise I did not buy them. If I do remember right, the new WDC Red disks like WD20EFRX were not yet on the approved hardware list by Netgear on that time....
What I am saying is that the WD20EFRX-68AX9N0 is Red, not Green. I am thinking you are not remembering what you purchased correctly.
The other possibility is that you are typing in the wrong drive model in the posts above. Saying that the WD20EFRX is on the list in the first sentence, and that it isn't on the list in the second sentence is clearly a mistake.
The drive HCL for the Readynas is here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641. As it says, you need to select "legacy" first, and then go to duo v1 in the second list.
The WD10EFRX (10 TB Red) is on the list, but the WD20EFRX still isn't. Netgear simply stopped updating that list quite a while ago. But the WD20EFRX works fine in the duo v1 (I've been running one for quite a while). It's a better choice than the green.
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