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RedyNAS 214 initial setup problem
I got a ReadyNas 214 for my birthday yesterday. Please bear with me as it's my first NAS device, but I do have a complete home network that I wired myself and am well versed enough to have multiple ...
You do have 90 day phone support for installation. I think you should use it - the LCD gooblegook suggests something might be wrong with your hardware.
Go to my.netgear.com and register the unit. Then you should be able to contact support from there.
Ouija wrote:
I put in 1 (almost brand new, a month old) 3TB Segate Barricuda (ST3000DM001) drive. and after several hours It displayed an IP address on the front display.
Those particular drives have a high failure rate in RAID arrays. If you can still exchange the new ones, I'd suggest either 3 TB Seagate IronWolf or 3 TB WDC Red drives. Both are intended for NAS, and posters here seem happy with both of them. You can mix/match - so you can leave the older DM drive in the array.
Final note. Your competitors MyCloud4100 is on my network, running Plex with the latest firmware and it took under 30 minutes, and 0 calls to tech support.
Hi Ouija,
Thank you for sharing comments regarding the ReadyNAS. I apologize for the outcome and the experiences that you have had with the device. Best of luck with your new network storage.
Regards,
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