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Why should I buy another ReadyNAS?
I've been happily using my ReadyNAS Duo .v1 for the past three years (cost £235), but I have also been tempted by the current offer on the ReadyNAS NV+.v2 (£160). I use my ReadyNAS Duo for streamin...
If both units are on the same network, replicate is not needed. You can back up one ReadyNAS to the other using NFS transfer to make the first backup, the switch to Rsync to verify the backup and synchronize the files on the two NAS units from then on. Note: follow on backups are not incremental as in other types of backups as Rsync synchronizes the files and only copies over the updates to a file. It is blindingly fast, typically only taking a few minutes to synchronize all the files in a share.
My Rsync jobs run every night starting at midnight. When they are through my NVX Pioneer has the identical files to my NVX BE. With the addition of NFS and rsync to ARM based ReadyNAS units with 5.3.5, all ReadyNAS desktop units support rsync. I am not sure about the HP.
Reading comments on Newegg, the Proliant apparently comes without software. One user commented about FreeNAS and another about installing Ubuntu. This means that in setting it up and configuring it, you may be fairly much on your own. The ReadyNAS even if purchased without drives is pretty much plug it in and let it set itself up. My first NAS (NV+ v1 in 2007 was this way as was my NVX BE in 2010. Several months before that my NVX Pioneer was not, but it had a memory module that was not seated properly. Once it was reseated, it was turn it on and let it do it's thing.) Of course the default setup is X-Raid2 on all the current models.
Of course having experience with a Duo, you pretty much know how they are supposed to react. If you go with a 4 or 6 bay unit you will gain the advantage of a message panel telling you the status of your NAS while booting and setting up. It goes off after a few minutes of inactivity. What looks like a similar panel in some photos of the Proliant is actually a blank panel covering a top 5 1/4" bay.
If you are happy with your Duo, you should be very happy with an NV+ v2. I think it's performance is about equal to my NVX (both are 32bit and faster than the sparc units) and I am very happy with my units.
My Rsync jobs run every night starting at midnight. When they are through my NVX Pioneer has the identical files to my NVX BE. With the addition of NFS and rsync to ARM based ReadyNAS units with 5.3.5, all ReadyNAS desktop units support rsync. I am not sure about the HP.
Reading comments on Newegg, the Proliant apparently comes without software. One user commented about FreeNAS and another about installing Ubuntu. This means that in setting it up and configuring it, you may be fairly much on your own. The ReadyNAS even if purchased without drives is pretty much plug it in and let it set itself up. My first NAS (NV+ v1 in 2007 was this way as was my NVX BE in 2010. Several months before that my NVX Pioneer was not, but it had a memory module that was not seated properly. Once it was reseated, it was turn it on and let it do it's thing.) Of course the default setup is X-Raid2 on all the current models.
Of course having experience with a Duo, you pretty much know how they are supposed to react. If you go with a 4 or 6 bay unit you will gain the advantage of a message panel telling you the status of your NAS while booting and setting up. It goes off after a few minutes of inactivity. What looks like a similar panel in some photos of the Proliant is actually a blank panel covering a top 5 1/4" bay.
If you are happy with your Duo, you should be very happy with an NV+ v2. I think it's performance is about equal to my NVX (both are 32bit and faster than the sparc units) and I am very happy with my units.
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