NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
SeaMUNKY
Aug 07, 2020Aspirant
Where to download addons for ReadyNAS Duo V1 (sparc)?
Hello all Turining to your expert help to see if anyone can guide find a repository or share old addons links. I have tried most sources including rnxtras.com but failed to collect few addons for m...
StephenB
Aug 07, 2020Guru - Experienced User
rnxtras.com does have some of these here: https://rnxtras.com/readynas-os4-sparc Though he does charge a small amount, he also provides support.
The KB page points to the old ReadyNAS forum - which was decommisioned a long time ago. JohnCM_S , Marc_V : it should be taken down. Many of the old posts in this area were transfered over from the old forum - some have links that no longer work (stuff like viewtopic.php?f=47&t=21791 )
You can use wayback to access the old forum here: https://web.archive.org/web/20111121174352/http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=47
Some of the binaries can be downloaded that way, but of course some of the links might be dead.
SeaMUNKY wrote:I have tried most sources including rnxtras.com but failed to collect few addons for my Model: ReadyNASRND2000
General advice here - the Duo has very limited resources - a sparc processor designed back in 2005, stock memory of 256 mb, and a linux OS partition of only 2 GB. The version of linux it runs is ancient, and it cannot be upgraded. Loading it up with lot of add-ons isn't a good idea - you will end up filling the OS partition, which will give you a NAS that won't boot. And even just one or two won't give very good performance by modern standards.
A better strategy would be to spin up a modern linux system - perhaps on an old PC or in a VM - or alternatively in a raspberry pi. You can mount the NAS volume as a network share on the linux PC, and run whatever linux applications you like. You can also just do this on a windows PC or a mac, and run applications like plex on them.
Sandshark
Aug 07, 2020Sensei - Experienced User
There are some here: RAIDiator-Third-Party-Add-ons. Just select ones that are for the SPARC architecture.
- SeaMUNKYAug 07, 2020Aspirant
Sandshark when clicked on "sparc" for respective addons, it redirects to this page - https://www.netgear.com/business/products/storage/readynas/
I already mentioed in my main post
- SeaMUNKYAug 07, 2020Aspirant
Sandsharkfor instance when clicked on [https://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=41666] it re-directs to https://www.netgear.com/business/products/storage/readynas/
Related Content
NETGEAR Academy

Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!