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difference between a Readynas Pro 6, Pro 6 Business Edition or Pro 6 Pioneer Edition
I am looking to buy a used 6-bay readynas Pro. How can I tell what I am buying just by the appearance of it? The model numbers are all over the place and I have no clue which is which. Thanks
tigerten wrote:
The model numbers are all over the place and I have no clue which is which.
They are all of form RNDP6xxx-y00
The xxx relates to the number and size of the disks (if disks were purchased from Netgear). The "y00" relates to the hardware version: -100 was the first generation, -200 was the second generation.
There's also the Ultra Plus (which had the same hardware). Those part numbers were RNDP6xxU-200.
tigerten wrote:
The model numbers are all over the place and I have no clue which is which.
They are all of form RNDP6xxx-y00
The xxx relates to the number and size of the disks (if disks were purchased from Netgear). The "y00" relates to the hardware version: -100 was the first generation, -200 was the second generation.
There's also the Ultra Plus (which had the same hardware). Those part numbers were RNDP6xxU-200.
Thanks.
Here is the exerpt for the Pro 6 Data Sheet:
RNDP6000-200
RNDP6310-200
RNDP6610-200
RNDP6620-200
RNDP6630-200Your explaination makes perfect sense here.
Are there these?
RNDP6000-100
RNDP6310-100
RNDP6610-100
RNDP6620-100
RNDP6630-100What are the model number for Pro 6 PE or BE respectly?
Here wha tis said about PE:
Pioneer Edition
– RNDP600E (Diskless)There is nothing mentioned in the BE Data Sheet.
Again, Thanks
tigerten wrote:
Are there these?
RNDP6000-100
RNDP6310-100
RNDP6610-100
RNDP6620-100
RNDP6630-100These are all first generation Pro products (e.g., the Business Edition). The CPU is an E2160 @1.80GHz (the -200 products use a faster E5300 @2.6Ghz)
tigerten wrote:– RNDP600E (Diskless)
Yes, this is the Pro pioneer. The hardware for the Pioneer and the BE is the same. The Pioneer does lacks some software features, including iSCSI, Active Directory and NIC bonding. If you choose to convert them to OS-6, they'd have the same feature set.
The x86 platform to avoid is the NVX, as it can't be converted to OS-6.
The Pro Pioneer only came diskless and was not updated to a newer processor, so there is only one base part number, RNDP600E-100. There may be differences in some letters that follow, which only affects which countries it was packaged for.
I understand that there are a few very early versions of the ProBE that use an older version of the motherboard that does not have the same processor upgrade capability as the later ones. The remainder can be updated to a CORE2 Duo up to an E7600, providing you first update the BIOS. IMHO, the added speed above the standard processor for the Pro6 (-200) models isn't enough to bother. But if you are upgrading a ProBE or Pro Pioneer, why not go "all the way".
I have been told that the Ultra6Plus also had the slower processor, but the one I have has the faster one. So I don't know if that's just bad info or if an unannounced shift was made along the way.
The ProBE and Pro Pioneer did also ship with the old round-button caddies while the newer ones have the square one, though they could have been swapped by the previous owner.
If buying used on eBay, you are asking the right questions. Especially when the seller is not the actual owner, they often incorrectly label the older ones as a Pro6.
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