RN104 Don't update to 6.10.0 Firmware!!!

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petercae wrote:

 

I looked at the cost of upgrading to RN314 but for at least AU$550 you get same box and another underpowered CPU with not much more memory.

 

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The RN314 will deliver ~100 MB/sec on large file transfers (quite a bit faster than the RN104).

The CPU was sized for it's primary purpose (e.g., a file server) - I agree it is undersized for many apps (for instance plex transcoding).  It's memory is 2 GB (which is currently enough to run the full suite of OS-6 functions).  The RN104 has only 512 MB.

Although the RN314 is still listed on the Netgear website, it an old platform.  I don't think it's actually in production anymore - so if you are looking at an upgrade you'd be better off with an RN214 or an RN424.

FWIW - My NAS tend to be in service for a long time, and even if the CPU, etc was equal to a good desktop in the beginning, it never is over the long haul.  I came to the conclusion a few years back that using the NAS exclusively as a NAS was my best strategy - not loading it down with a bunch of apps. This is modeled after what enterprises usually do - combining dedicated application servers (often VMs now) with dedicated storage servers.

So now I combine my RN526 with a windows PC that serves as an application server.  Plex, Crashplan etc runs on the PC (which has the data volume mapped to a drive letter).  I can easily upgrade them independently as performance needs change (or equipment fails), and I don't risk destabilizing the NAS by loading it up with a bunch of third-party packages.  So far that new approach is working out well.