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Ultra-6 Replacement ?
I have an Ultra-6 w/10TB/dual redundancy.... Cat5e LAN.... mostly single user....working just fine. But I have been struggling with my backup box - currently a Windows PC running DriveBender popu...
jak0lantash wrote:
I didn't understand what you meant by WD Red 5400RPM and WD Red 7200RPM, unless you're talking about WD Red Pro 7200RPM, afaik all WD Red are 5400RPM (IntelliWrite).
Correct. The Red Pros have enterprise performance specs and run at 7200 rpm. The Reds have consumer performance specs and run at 5400 rpm.
I use the Reds myself - they run cooler, and I am willing to give up a bit of performance get that. In most cases my RN520 NAS are limited by the gigabit network, and not by the WD Red performance.
If you can swing it, I would highly recommend the 528x.
If you need to save money, just keep it to 6 disks, then you can expand later as you need.
Or the 628x if you got the money and expect to do alot of transcoding with plex or something similar.
edit, also once you do get a new device, I would suggest you look in to upgrading your ultra6 to os6 (this requires a factory default, so you would need to get all your data up and running on the new device first).
Assuming you get a new os6 readynas to use as your new main, after upgrading to os6 on the u6, you could setup regular backup jobs or even use replicate for remote backups.
regarding os4 to os6 see @ https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Upgrading-from-4-2-x-direct-to-6-3-5-beta/td-p/934984
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