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Which ReadyNAS for business backup?
Hi, We currently have a home-made backup solution entailing several large old Dell 220S units connected to servers, running scripts to copy changed files from all three of our offices across the in...
I would recommend the RN3130 for the 1U rackmount and the RN314 for the desktop. I feel these products would be best suited to your needs though over your budget.
The NV+ v2 is an End of Life product. We have no rackmount models that run the same OS as this.
The current model that replaced the NV+ v2 is the RN104.
The RN314 has a much faster processor than the 104, 4x the RAM, a 5 year warranty vs 3 year warranty, and comes with lifetime chat support vs 90 days after purchase software support
The web admin interface is protected with a password (which obviously we recommend you change away from the default e.g. when you use the setup wizard).
When you get the NAS I would recommend you install one disk (if purchasing diskless), update the firmware, verify the update is successful, power down and do a factory reset with all the disks in place. Following this procedure will give you a clean setup on the latest firmware.
You should also examine your use case to see whether bitrot protection and snapshots will be suitable or not. We use a CoW (Copy on Write) filesystem called BTRFS. If files will have a huge number of modifications on the NAS then using CoW and snapshots you will see a lot of fragmentation. We link disabling/enabling CoW to disabling/enabling bitrot protection so you may wish to disable bitrot protection and snapshots if your use case is inappropriate for use with CoW.
You can't disable CoW on files that already exist which is why it is important to make the decision on whether to use it or not when setting up the NAS.
The NV+ v2 is an End of Life product. We have no rackmount models that run the same OS as this.
The current model that replaced the NV+ v2 is the RN104.
The RN314 has a much faster processor than the 104, 4x the RAM, a 5 year warranty vs 3 year warranty, and comes with lifetime chat support vs 90 days after purchase software support
The web admin interface is protected with a password (which obviously we recommend you change away from the default e.g. when you use the setup wizard).
When you get the NAS I would recommend you install one disk (if purchasing diskless), update the firmware, verify the update is successful, power down and do a factory reset with all the disks in place. Following this procedure will give you a clean setup on the latest firmware.
You should also examine your use case to see whether bitrot protection and snapshots will be suitable or not. We use a CoW (Copy on Write) filesystem called BTRFS. If files will have a huge number of modifications on the NAS then using CoW and snapshots you will see a lot of fragmentation. We link disabling/enabling CoW to disabling/enabling bitrot protection so you may wish to disable bitrot protection and snapshots if your use case is inappropriate for use with CoW.
You can't disable CoW on files that already exist which is why it is important to make the decision on whether to use it or not when setting up the NAS.
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