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yzt
May 16, 2020Aspirant
Backup/Media services bugs on RNDP2000
Dear Netgear NAS community! I've come into possition of a used ReadyNAS Pro 2 chassis and since then i've been seeing some bugs in services. I understand that the product is nearly 10 y/o and isn...
- May 16, 2020
Are you still running the RAIDiator 4.2.x OS it came with, or has it been updated to OS6.x? While not officially supported on the legacy Pro models, it does work and you can find instructions here in the forum (best found with a Google search, not the forum search engine).. You don't get Netgear support, but you don't get that for a second hand unit, anyway. The RAIDiator OS and available apps for it are getting a bit long in the tooth, and it only supports SMB1. OS6 is a currently supported OS.
It is recommended that you upgrade to 2GB of RAM to run OS6, but it's a simple upgrade using a laptop SODIMM.
Sandshark
May 16, 2020Sensei - Experienced User
Are you still running the RAIDiator 4.2.x OS it came with, or has it been updated to OS6.x? While not officially supported on the legacy Pro models, it does work and you can find instructions here in the forum (best found with a Google search, not the forum search engine).. You don't get Netgear support, but you don't get that for a second hand unit, anyway. The RAIDiator OS and available apps for it are getting a bit long in the tooth, and it only supports SMB1. OS6 is a currently supported OS.
It is recommended that you upgrade to 2GB of RAM to run OS6, but it's a simple upgrade using a laptop SODIMM.
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