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ReadyNAS NV+ motherboard dead, buy another V1 or upgrade to V2?
My longserving and faithful NV+ v1 (4x2TB) has given up the ghost. Power supply failure ... replacement power supply ... worked for 5 mins then just died and it looks like the mainboard is the culprit. Whilst I backed up all the pictures on a USB drive, there are some videos that I'd like to save if possible.
Should I look to buy a used NV+ v1 and swap the old hard drives into it? Or could I buy a slightly newer (and therefore longer lasting?) NV+ v2 and swap the drives into it? The logical answer I guess is to buy another identical NV+ v1, then buy a new NAS and move everything to it, but if the upgrade from a v1 to a v2 is simple that might be the most cost-effective answer. Grateful for any advice the community can give.
Thanks.
yellow_frog wrote:
Thanks very much for the quick response - its appreciated, especially the intel on V2 not being compatable with V1.
Option 1 - buy an identical NAS is favourite. Would it be as simple as:
- Purchase used NV+
- Make sure new NV+ is updated to the latest Radiator
- Swap in old disks to new NV+
Yes - installing a scratch disk in the replacement first, and then upgrading it to 4.1.16. Then power down, and swap in your old disk. Ideally preserve slot order.
yellow_frog wrote:
I cant remember the RAID setup I had originally; does that matter or will the new (used) NV+ adjust itself to the setup of the 4 disks?
The OS is stored on the disks, so all settings (including RAID configuration) would be preserved. There is a boot check on whether the RAIDiator version in the flash memory matches the disks, and the boot will automatically reinstall the OS if it doesn't match (either upgrade or downgrade). With an unknown replacement, that could result in a huge downgrade attempt - you don't want to risk that. So upgrading RAIDiator first with a scratch disk is an important step. It also verifies that the replacement is functional.
FWIW, I do suggest getting a new NAS - the currently shipping OS-6 ReadyNAS are much faster and have more features. They also support SMB 3.0, so Microsoft's deprecation of SMB 1.0 wouldn't affect you. You could then repurpose the NV+ as a backup NAS (using scheduled rsync backups).
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yellow_frog wrote:
Or could I buy a slightly newer (and therefore longer lasting?) NV+ v2 and swap the drives into it?
You won't be able to migrate the drives to a v2 - it's a completely different platform.
Options are
- get a Sparc-based ReadyNas (for instance an NV or NV+ v1 or 1100). It would be at least 7 years old.
- Connect the disks to a PC running linux, and manually mount the disks.
- connect the disks to a Windows PC and use R-linux for Windows
- Purchase a new OS-6 NAS and temporarily mount the v1 disks with Netgear support's help. ( https://kb.netgear.com/29876/ReadyNAS-Migrating-disks-from-RAIDiator-4-1-or-RAIDiator-5-3-to-ReadyNAS-OS-6 )
Netgear support will charge on option (4).
Thanks very much for the quick response - its appreciated, especially the intel on V2 not being compatable with V1.
Option 1 - buy an identical NAS is favourite. Would it be as simple as:
- Purchase used NV+
- Make sure new NV+ is updated to the latest Radiator
- Swap in old disks to new NV+
I cant remember the RAID setup I had originally; does that matter or will the new (used) NV+ adjust itself to the setup of the 4 disks? Apologies if this is covered in another thread - I did a search and didnt find it covered elsewhere.
yellow_frog wrote:
Thanks very much for the quick response - its appreciated, especially the intel on V2 not being compatable with V1.
Option 1 - buy an identical NAS is favourite. Would it be as simple as:
- Purchase used NV+
- Make sure new NV+ is updated to the latest Radiator
- Swap in old disks to new NV+
Yes - installing a scratch disk in the replacement first, and then upgrading it to 4.1.16. Then power down, and swap in your old disk. Ideally preserve slot order.
yellow_frog wrote:
I cant remember the RAID setup I had originally; does that matter or will the new (used) NV+ adjust itself to the setup of the 4 disks?
The OS is stored on the disks, so all settings (including RAID configuration) would be preserved. There is a boot check on whether the RAIDiator version in the flash memory matches the disks, and the boot will automatically reinstall the OS if it doesn't match (either upgrade or downgrade). With an unknown replacement, that could result in a huge downgrade attempt - you don't want to risk that. So upgrading RAIDiator first with a scratch disk is an important step. It also verifies that the replacement is functional.
FWIW, I do suggest getting a new NAS - the currently shipping OS-6 ReadyNAS are much faster and have more features. They also support SMB 3.0, so Microsoft's deprecation of SMB 1.0 wouldn't affect you. You could then repurpose the NV+ as a backup NAS (using scheduled rsync backups).
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