rndp6000 accept 8tb drives?

I do want to point out that there is no evidence that your RN214 hardware has failed.  The issue on your other thread is normally caused by either disk-related issues, or file system corruption (which can be a result of power loss).  These problems generally aren't a direct result of the firmware upgrade - likely it would have surfaced if you'd simply rebooted the NAS instead of updating it.

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exibar wrote:

woudl this unit accept 8TB drives at all?  I think, if I'm reading correctly, that it would only require flashing th efirmware to the 6.10 version?  Is that correct?

 

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With 4.2.x firmware, you actually can do a factory install with 6x8TB and get the full capacity.  You can't expand anything at that point (as the system still won't expand over 16 TiB).  

But I recommend increasing the RAM to 2-4 GB (from the stock 1 GB), and converting it to OS-6. That gives you more features, and the ability to expand later on.  Plus, Netgear is still providing updates to OS-6.  Upgrading the RAM is easy to do, and inexpensive.

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exibar wrote:

 

  Is this a halfway decent unit, comparable to the 214 but with 6 slots?

 

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It was Netgear's top-of-the line business desktop ReadyNAS until the RN516 came out.  Of course that was a while ago, but I think it's performance is very comparable to the RN214. The main drawback is that it is older.

1. Both are capable of delivering 100 MB/s+ read/write performance for large files (limited by gigabit ethernet speed).  Both support link aggregation. 
2. It is limited to USB 2 (and no eSATA), so if you back up to USB drives, you'll get faster backup times if you connect the USB drives to a PC and back up over the network.
3. It wasn't designed for SSD disks - the trays don't handle them, plus it uses SATA II.  SATA II keeps up with all mechanical disks, but not SSDs.
4. It is of course physically larger.  

If you do purchase, make sure it comes with all the disk trays and the screws for those trays.  You can purchase more screws with some effort to track down the right size.  Getting replacement trays is much harder (and can be quite pricey).