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Nov 12, 2015

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Does the ReadyNas 100 offer power on restart?

I have a ReadyNAS Duo and am looking at replacing it as it is getting old. My one criticism of that box is that after a power failure, it does not reboot so someone has to be there to push the start button. I have a good UPS, but we do occasionally experience long outages that go well beyond the time frame it can handle.

Do current products like the ReadyNAS 100 now have the ability to restart automatically after the power is turned back on?

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StephenB
Nov 20, 2015
jpullam wrote:

I don't think you answered my question. I'm guessing that your answer is that "no, current products do not have a power on boot capability." If so, there must be others facing this same issue.

My RN202 (and I think the RN102) will restart on their own if I pull the plug and then re-insert it. Though I haven't needed to do that with 6.4.x, I believe that is still the behavior.

But If they shut down normally for any reason (including a UPS power critical event), I need to push the power button. I believe WoL can be used to boot them remotely, but I haven't tried that. Some people have asked for different behavior as an option, so far Netgear hasn't provided it.

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JennC
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Nov 13, 2015
Hello jpullam,

Losing power source such as power outage or unplugging the power from the NAS makes the NAS powered off, it does not go on stand-by mode (and they do not have this mode), it really needs you to manually power on the NAS through the button.

Regards,
- jpullam
  Guide
  Nov 20, 2015
  I don't think you answered my question. I'm guessing that your answer is that "no, current products do not have a power on boot capability." If so, there must be others facing this same issue.
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 20, 2015
    jpullam wrote:
    
    I don't think you answered my question. I'm guessing that your answer is that "no, current products do not have a power on boot capability." If so, there must be others facing this same issue.
    
    My RN202 (and I think the RN102) will restart on their own if I pull the plug and then re-insert it. Though I haven't needed to do that with 6.4.x, I believe that is still the behavior.
    
    But If they shut down normally for any reason (including a UPS power critical event), I need to push the power button. I believe WoL can be used to boot them remotely, but I haven't tried that. Some people have asked for different behavior as an option, so far Netgear hasn't provided it.