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Upgrade , fix, or replace readynas nv?
Hello all, I purchased a readynas nv with 4 x 750GB drives in september of 2006 (I think the amazon order was for ~$3K). Overall, I've been impressed with open community built upon the readynas, t...
Pro BE was released late 2008, Pro 6 was released late 2010. Don't know when a future update for the Pro 6 would be released. Will have to wait and see what NetGear does.
I'd like to have the ability to add a 10GbE NIC or two too. They offer this on the 4200 (12-bay rackmount) but it'd be nice to see a desktop NAS with this option too.
Yes newer models such as the Pro 6 are much more powerful.
The Pro 6 can handle up to 8GB (2x4GB) RAM. Memory upgrades are unsupported. If incompatible memory causes data corruption NetGear will be unable to help.
Do remember that as the RAID format is different you can't simply migrate disks across. You'd need to transfer the data across your network or back it up then restore it.
Also note a few expansion limitations:
Limit of 8TB of online expansion over life of volume e.g. if volume is 2TB at factory default, can expand to 10TB
Cannot expand beyond 16TB. If you want a volume larger than 16TB you'll need to do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) with the disks in place.
The Pro 6 uses software RAID. I'm not sure about what batteries are in the unit.
I'd like to have the ability to add a 10GbE NIC or two too. They offer this on the 4200 (12-bay rackmount) but it'd be nice to see a desktop NAS with this option too.
Yes newer models such as the Pro 6 are much more powerful.
The Pro 6 can handle up to 8GB (2x4GB) RAM. Memory upgrades are unsupported. If incompatible memory causes data corruption NetGear will be unable to help.
Do remember that as the RAID format is different you can't simply migrate disks across. You'd need to transfer the data across your network or back it up then restore it.
Also note a few expansion limitations:
Limit of 8TB of online expansion over life of volume e.g. if volume is 2TB at factory default, can expand to 10TB
Cannot expand beyond 16TB. If you want a volume larger than 16TB you'll need to do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) with the disks in place.
The Pro 6 uses software RAID. I'm not sure about what batteries are in the unit.
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