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setting up ReadyNAS Duo
I don't have much interest in the NAS features... it's more a 2-bay DAS I want but lots of these pop up on eBay for not a lot of money and I'm wondering if I can make it work for me. I'm using a ...
n-gear-passion wrote:
Can these devices be setup simply as JBOD such that I can mount them like external drives?
They can be set up as JBOD, but you do need to connect to the shares via ethernet.
n-gear-passion wrote:
If I have to connect using ethernet can I simply type an IP address into a browser and configure them as SMB or NFS (or something) using a WebUI?
You can connect over ethernet using the IP address.
But I'm thinking that a USB-3 multibay enclosure might be a better fit for what you are looking for.
n-gear-passion wrote:
The ones I keep seeing on eBay are RND2000, RND2110, RND4210, etc.
There are four different groups of ReadyNAS -
- sparc based models running 4.1.x firmware
- intel based models running 4.2.x firmware
- arm based models running 5.3.x firmware
- arm and intel models running 6.x firmware
The models you are quoting are the sparc-based NAS - discontinued back in 2011. Speeds over the network are similar to USB-2 hard drives maybe 20-30 MB/s.
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