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ReadyNAS Duo V2 firmware update catch 22!
Hi All I have the above device and am having some fun trying to update the firmware. I have a Dell XPS13 laptop running Windows 11. I managed to access the old shares by enabling SMB1 in windows...
Hi StephenB
Do you have internet security software running on the PC? If so, you might try disabling it.
What a hero! After banging my head against a wall, the offender was AVG. I added the IP address of the NAS box as an exception and i'm in!
Now I can achieve the original goal of adding more disk space. Currently it has just a single 1TB disk, and I see the limit on such and old box is 2TB, so I'll grab a couple of 2TB drives, giving me 4x the space.
PM me your home address so I can send you an xmas card 😂
Seriously though, thanks for the suggestion 🥳🥳🥳
Cheers
Steve
picitup wrote:
After banging my head against a wall, the offender was AVG.
Now I can achieve the original goal of adding more disk space. Currently it has just a single 1TB disk, and I see the limit on such and old box is 2TB, so I'll grab a couple of 2TB drives, giving me 4x the space.
Great news!
I recommend 2 TB Seagate Ironwolf or 2 TB WD Red Plus drives. Avoid the WD Red drives, as they are SMR. Most desktop class 2 TB drives are also SMR, so avoid those as well.
2x2TB will normally default to RAID-1, so would only double your space. In return you get single redundancy, which gives you some protection against a single drive failure. But you still need a backup plan, as RAID isn't enough to keep data safe.
It is possible to switch to FlexRAID, and set up two volumes (C and D) of 2 TB each. If you want to do that, you will need to install RAIDar 4.3.8. The newer 6.5 RAIDar won't work.
You will need to install a compatible java jre in order to use the older RAIDar. This version will work:
Instructions for FlexRAID are in the software manual:
While it is possible to set up a single RAID-0 volume of 4 TB, I recommend against that. RAID-0 is fragile, so if either drive fails you will lose all the data.
Hi again StephenB Thanks again for the excellent advice! I really do like forums. Such a wealth of expertise and people that are happy to help others, but I digress.
Actually, I think RAID 0 might be ok for me. This is for home use, although I do have a fair chunk of data that is really important to me.
On all the computers (and now my laptop) I've always partitioned the drive it into two so have a 😧 drive of around 50GB or so. Anything I produce of value is saved on that drive. Then all I really care about backing up is the D drive. This I do onto my USB WD Mybook. What I'd like is to also has the NAS drive online so that would be a third location. I'm banking on not having 3 devices failing at the same time and losing the lot, but I think that would be rare.
My data uncompressed is around 16GB so not too scary. I decided some years ago that as disk space is cheap and will keep getting cheaper, I'd keep all data forever. Possibly a little obsessional, but that's me 😂 To justify this, I have occasionally found a document from decades ago which proved useful.
Actually, thinking about it, what I don't have is an off-site backup oops! I'll pop the occasional copy of the data onto a DVD if it compresses that well, or blu-ray if not. Then pop a disc in the shed which isn't close to the house.
Well, all this has made me think and all to the good!
Thanks again
Steve 😁
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