Upgrade , fix, or replace readynas nv?

PapaBear wrote:

The Pro 6 that mdgm recommended is one of if not the most powerful desktop NAS at this time. But as in anything, the power comes with a price tag. Roughly $1000 for a diskless model delivered. Considering the features and power compared to your NV and it's price its a reasonable price. Then there is the 5 year warranty as well. You can save about $80 by going to the Ultra 6 plus, but it only has a 3 year warranty and lacks the business features but still has iSCSI.

As long as the Pro6 is low noise (<28db), there doesn't seem to be much point in considering any other readynas model then. It just comes down to how long to stay with existing NV versus buying Pro6 versus building a custom box. Custom box might give 10gigE upgrade options and allow for more cpu power and newer backup software, but probably would not be as reliable as the Pro6. Is the Pro6 also limited to just 1GB ram? Can it be upgraded to 4GB?