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minikN
Aspirant
Apr 26, 2016

ReadyNAS Pro 4: Setting up MySQL properly.

Hello,   I've been running into some troubles getting MySQL to run properly on my ReadyNAS Pro 4. But before I start explaining, I'd like to mention that I did search this and other forums for poss...
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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 28, 2016

You could install the MySQLOn add-on to enable MySQL.

 

Your NAS won't be getting any more firmware updates, so if new security issues come up having ports forwarded to it on the web probably isn't a good idea.

 

You can run OS6 on your ReadyNAS which is continuing to get firmware updates but that's not supported.

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minikN
Aspirant
Apr 28, 2016
You can run OS6 on your ReadyNAS which is continuing to get firmware updates but that's not supported.

I'm confused, can, or can't I run OS6 on my NAS? If I can, could you point to a tutorial or something like that? THanks.

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    minikN
    Aspirant
    Apr 28, 2016

    I just found the appropriate thread.

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      mdgm-ntgr
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      May 02, 2016

      You can run OS6 but it's not supported so if you run into issues running OS6 on a legacy NAS, NETGEAR Support won't be able to help. You can of course seek help on the NETGEAR community here.

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