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Getting started with an Netgear ReadyNAS NV+
Hi everybody, I got an old NAS and i like to get it working. But i cannot acces the files on the disks or get into the admin part of the NAS. It's connetted to the network, but i cannot dubble ...
Hi Stephen,
I tryed IE (not working)
I tryed FireFox 3.0.6 (not working)
Wait a minute i am in the system.
I also updated the firmware. :smileyhappy:
is this the latest version of firmware, it cannot search autom. for a newer version?
Iwould like to get one volume and use all the disk as one (volume).
to create one volume with 232+465+232+465 = 1394 GB of storage.
now only disk 1 has 230 of free disk space how come?
ReadyNASNVplus wrote:
Iwould like to get one volume and use all the disk as one (volume).
to create one volume with 232+465+232+465 = 1394 GB of storage.
now only disk 1 has 230 of free disk space how come?
Your NAS doesn't support disks of unequal size. So if you try to mix 250GB and 500GB disks in the same array, you'll end up using only 1/2 of the 500 GB disks.
Also, one disk is used for RAID parity - giving you protection from routine disk failures. So 4x500TB would give you 1.5 TB of storage, not 2 TB. Your disk mix would only give you 750 GB.
Your disks are ancient (Maxtor was acquired by Seagate in 2006, and it's been a long time since I've seen a Maxtor internal drive). If you haven't tested them, you definitely should. Or better yet, just get new ones - two WD20EFRX would be reasonable (or two ST2000VN004 if you prefer Seagate). 2x2TB would give you 2 TB of RAID-1 storage for about $150. Adding two more 2 TB would get you up to 6 TB.
Avoid the WD20EFAX, and desktop drives - as many are SMR that don't work well with RAID.
As an aside, ReadyNAS reports size in GiB (1024*1024*1024 bytes) and TiB (1024*1024*1024*1024 bytes) - though it uses GB and TB labels. 232 GiB is the same as 250 GB.
ReadyNASNVplus wrote:is this the latest version of firmware
Yes.
There is a "check for updates" control, but there is no need for it anymore. Netgear announced some years ago that 4.1.16 was also the final firmware.
The next step is to do a factory default and set up the NAS again. Here's a screenshot from the pro-6 (different firmware, but this screen should match what you have).
Navigate to "system" on the left pane, and then choose "update" under it. Then select "factory default" on the top.
"Perform Factory Default" will reformat the disks, and do a full factory install of the firmware. This will take a while, and the NAS might be unresponsive for a bit.
You'll then need to set up the NAS from scratch (reconfiguring passwords, user accounts, shares, etc). This step is needed to give you 4K sector alignment of the disk - it will increase performance significantly with modern disks drives.
Though as mentioned above, your NAS is limited to 2 TB drives (or of course smaller).
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