Upgrade , fix, or replace readynas nv?

maxblack wrote:

2. If you have had 6 years of trouble-free service from your NV, pat yourself on the back and thank Netgear and your lucky stars as that is an excellent track record! 3. I'm not clear on how a 4x750GB NAS backs-up a 7x2TB workstation, but in any case your NV is ready for retirement. I'd get a new NAS and relegate the NV to some other purpose, maybe "backup this-or-that to it and turn it off most of the time" or something.

The reliability of the NV and the ongoing support is the whole reason why I'm considering buying a new one! Although, it was quite a gamble buying the original NV back when infrant was just starting to build its reputation. Still, it's still here while other nas vendors have fallen behind.

The 7x2TB in workstation is raw capacity, that gets down quite a bit due to s/w RAID10 and other partitioning, plus of the provisioned space, about only 1/3 of it is full. So, the existing NV has been mostly OK to date. I'd like to get more room for future needs though.

I'm thinking of just moving the existing drives to the Pro6 if I get it to start with and then getting rid of the old NV. My garage as it is could almost be converted into a computer museum....my wife would kill me if I added yet another unit...and honestly this is for a home office. 1 good solid NAS that will last another 7 year run should be more than good enough for my needs. I've been there done that on running 50 different gadgets in the office...now a days, I prefer a few items that last a long time, don't break down, are upgradeable, and relatively quiet.... the electric bill is high enough as it is too :)