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sjshumaker
May 05, 2018Follower
ReadyNAS Pro Business Upgrades
Recently acquired a ReadyNAS Pro Business model (RNDP6350-100) with 6x750GB HDDs in excellent shape for almost free. Original owner added a second RAM stick to give it 3MB total but did no otehr up...
StephenB
May 05, 2018Guru - Experienced User
There is no known disk size limit with OS-6, and the largest available drives (12 TB at the moment) will work in your NAS.
Currently shipping OS6 NAS start at 2 GB, so you might actually have enough RAM for now. But your system will support up to 2x4GB.
I'll let others speak to the possibilities on CPU upgrades. I will say that there's not much benefit in storage performance, but there would be a benefit if you want to run a CPU-intensive app such as plex.
If one of your goals is to maximize storage performance, then you should consider using the SSD metadata tiering feature. That will require using 2 slots for SSD disks, so you'd need to upgrade at least two mechanical disks to keep the same amount of storage (assuming single redundancy). I suggest using SSDs that are intended for NAS/server workloads (the EVO 860 Pro being one possibility).
- MussoMay 05, 2018Aspirant
Have pretty much the same ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (as well as a 2100 v1 and v2) and was looking into getting memory upgrades for these units. I can't seem to find any table or upgrade compatibilty list of known working modules - seem to default to the netgear main page these days (although I do appreciate that these are unsupported units these days). Can anyone point me to an upgrade specs for the 2 x 4GB memory modules.
KInd regards
Musso
- SandsharkMay 05, 2018Sensei - Experienced User
For all 6-bay Pro models, you need PC2-6400 low density (2Rx8) memory, 4GB max per slot. 4GB DIMMs carry a premium price because only 64-bit operating systems (which were not in common use except for servers when PC2 memory was the best available) can use more than 4GB. High density (2Rx4) will not work.
- StephenBMay 06, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Sandshark wrote:
4GB DIMMs carry a premium price
Very true, and DDR2 is getting harder to find.
I upgraded my pro-6 some years ago with Patriot Memory ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZG20C6/ ). That particular option is ridiculously priced now.
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