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Upgrading to Ultra 6+ from NV+
Hello all, I am considering upgrading my aging NV+ and NV units to a Pro 6 or Ultra 6+. I had some questions regarding my potential upgrade: 1) Is there any file size limitation on Time Machine ...
Pro 6 for transcoding 1080p. Pro 6 has faster CPU, business features and 5 year warranty. Ultra 6 Plus has 3 year warranty and lacks business features.
3TB drives work fine in all Ultra/Ultra Plus and Pro units. If the NAS comes with firmware older than 4.2.16 less than 1TB of a 3TB disk will likely be recognised. But you can easily update the firmware via System > Update > Remote (may need to do this a few times to get to 4.2.19) and then do a factory reset to get a clean setup on the latest firmware.
I found it quite easy to go from a NV+ v1 to an Ultra 6 last year. It's actually a little easier going NV+ v1 to NV+ v1. With a few simple tricks you can migrate the data fairly easily without needing to use SSH at all (though it's handy to have installed just in case you want to use it).
As for using the NAS as a client so it can share via Plex files from other NAS units you'll need SSH for that.
3TB drives work fine in all Ultra/Ultra Plus and Pro units. If the NAS comes with firmware older than 4.2.16 less than 1TB of a 3TB disk will likely be recognised. But you can easily update the firmware via System > Update > Remote (may need to do this a few times to get to 4.2.19) and then do a factory reset to get a clean setup on the latest firmware.
I found it quite easy to go from a NV+ v1 to an Ultra 6 last year. It's actually a little easier going NV+ v1 to NV+ v1. With a few simple tricks you can migrate the data fairly easily without needing to use SSH at all (though it's handy to have installed just in case you want to use it).
As for using the NAS as a client so it can share via Plex files from other NAS units you'll need SSH for that.
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