Time for a new ReadyNas and have Q's.

I'd recommend the ReadyNAS Pro 6.

Btw you couldn't have had a NV+ (v1) for 9 years. The first ReadyNAS units weren't available back then. At most you would have had your NV+ around 6 years I think.

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Setting up a new NAS to backup the old one is a great solution. Also it is important what type of RAID you are running now. If volumes are protected is fine and you don't need to worry for your data.Just check logs for disk ATA errors and reallocated sectors. If you running RAID 0 you definitely need to think about a backup solution. Either second NAS or USB drive.

I'm looking at the Netgear RND4000 ReadyNAS NV+ v2 (Diskless). Although I don't know what Diskless means. Also, my current NV+ is set up for auto mirror the data, is that RAID 0?

petensyd wrote:
I'm looking at the Netgear RND4000 ReadyNAS NV+ v2 (Diskless). Although I don't know what Diskless means. Also, my current NV+ is set up for auto mirror the data, is that RAID 0?

It means it comes empty with no hard disks preinstalled.

No hard drives installed. So, which brand would you recommend. WD is on the 'never again' list.

No hard drives installed. So, which brand would you recommend. WD is on the 'never again' list. And it seems that any drive a Buy from Tiger have a bad history of dieing prematurely

I would recommend checking out our compatibility list and make sure that you select the NV+v2 before going over the drive options:
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641

In general WD Red drives aren't too bad for the NAS units. If you really don't want the WDs, then I would follow up with the Samsung drives.

petensyd - you might consider doing an initial backup to the new unit with NFS, verifying the backup with rsync and then reversing the unit, making the newer faster unit the primary and the older and slower, but still reliable NV+, the backup. I ran with an NV+ as my only unit for about 3 years, then purchased a new faster x-86 based 4 bay NAS (the NVX at the time) and after getting the data moved over made it the primary. I never regretted that, and I had the NVX back up all data every night to the NV+ automatically. (I later got a good deal on a second NVX and the NV+ became a spare until I gave it to a friend to get him started.

Keep in mind that the NV+ v2 now on the market is an entry level machine as opposed to the mid-level Ultra 4/Ultra 4 Plus series and upper end Pro series.