ReadyNas NV+ V2 4 bay questions

honcho wrote:
Hey BlokeUK, I agree with you that no add-ons for ARM platform have materialized and has been a major complaint of mine (in additional to the RAM not being upgradable). Check out my recent post: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=66958

Just read this post, seems to be a few teething problems still :-o
I think it would be a shame to quit now though, it has potential, but will take time I guess.

Over here, the nv + 4 bay is now under £150 on amazon and makes for an attractive option, but I also wonder if there are other underlying reasons for this huge price cut?

I would imagine a fair amount of that 256 gb ram is being used by the os and running services, my phone had more memory than that and its running an arm processor, and balks if too much is happening at once.

Reading above, if your going to use the NAS for just that, you should look into ReadyNAS Duo v2.

If you read my post, I'm thinking of leaving the ReadyNAS community after 4+ years of use because add-ons for the ARM platform is basically nonexistent. Even after almost 1 year since the NV+ v2 and Duo v2 released, not much has materialized.

I have, and seems to be a complaint from a few nv2 users

Also, I was so blinded by my love for ReadyNAS that I didn't look to other NAS platforms (I mean firmware/software to manage the NAS). I've recently seen Synology's DSM software and it's looks super amazing.

I can understand why you were attracted to the nv2, it looks much more robust than synology and you don't need to take the case apart to add drives, but I agree, their entry level j nas's offer 512 mb ddr 3
and much more in the way of addons

Also while I understand that developers need paying for their time, it looks like community addons are charged, similar to whs2011, not a problem as I only need one or two addons which aren't available yet and may never be.

Sorry to say, but after 4+ years of ReadyNAS Duo I can't wholeheartedly recommend ReadyNAS (the performance on the Duo is very good, but they also got rid of Jumbo Frames from Duo v1).

I appreciate your honesty and will now have to digest the pros and cons and make a decision.

I was leaning toward the nv2, but after more digging I need to re-asses