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EDCUL
Oct 06, 2011Aspirant
ReadyNAS Ultra 4
I scored a ReadyNAS ultra 4 RNDU4000 earlier through work. I have been given permission to take it home now I just need to get some drives for it. It will be replacing my Ready NAS duo which has ...
mdgm-ntgr
Oct 06, 2011NETGEAR Employee Retired
Using slower drives there is a slowdown but it's not that bad. I think it's a 10% performance hit using 5900RPM drives, so maybe a little more for 5400RPM ones.
Here's what I'd recommend:
1. Put a single disk in the NAS.
2. Update to latest RAIDiator (currently 4.2.19: http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_x86_4_2_19_Notes)
3. Power down, put all disks in NAS
4. Do a factory default via the boot menu (http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
This will give you a clean setup on the latest firmware.
Here's what I'd recommend:
1. Put a single disk in the NAS.
2. Update to latest RAIDiator (currently 4.2.19: http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_x86_4_2_19_Notes)
3. Power down, put all disks in NAS
4. Do a factory default via the boot menu (http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
This will give you a clean setup on the latest firmware.
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