Give it away or recycle

Are you using some other NAS for storage?  Are you backing it up?

I have an old ReadyNas Duo (V1) that I still use.  It serves only to backup my other NAS (different brand).  Due to the limitation on disk size, my Duo does not get everything on the other NAS, just the stuff I really care about.  It's on a schedule where it boots, backups the other NAS, then shuts down.  

As for giving it away, make sure the potential recipient knows what they are getting limitation-wise.  While the NV+ was a great starter NAS in it's day, it now comes with so much limitation and baggage that it's a struggle for beginners.  It does have some value, though.  Somebody who owns an NV+ may want it as a spare since data recovery from a failed one is easiest  by just moving the drives to another unit.  The drive trays, especially if they are the newer square-button instead of the older round-button ones, have value because many ReadyNAS are sold without them.  The power supply can also be used in other models, so has value.

barryberkov wrote:

I would do a factory reset

Files potentially could still be recovered, as the reset process only does a quick format.  If you can connect the disks to a PC (using a USB/SATA adapter or dock), then you could overwrite all sectors.  (Doing this once is enough, there is no need to do multiple overwrites).  

You can do this using the windows cmd line - using the "clean all" command in the windows diskpart utility.  You'd need to run cmd with admin privileges.  Be careful to select the right disk number !   

One challenge is the original disk trays (with round push buttons) can get stuck.  There  are two tricks you can use to release them.

One is to try inserting a bent paperclip into the hole in the center of the button. 

If that fails, you can also insert a small screwdriver or bent paperclip into one of the "B" slot(s) as shown below.  There is plastic piece behind those slots (marked in cyan in the picture) that you push towards the button to release the latch.  FWIW, I've had better luck using the second method.

barryberkov wrote:

My question is should I try to sell for a a low price, ...

FWIW, I have one sitting on my shelf (a bit older than yours), and am asking myself the same question.  It is very slow by modern standards, and has limited capacity.   Plus the OS is an ancient version of Debian Linux, so not considered secure anymore.

I am assuming you have the original NV+ (the model that says "ReadyNAS NV+" on the front panel).  There was model that says "ReadyNAS NV+ v2" on the front panel that was released in late 2011.  The v2 wasn't on the market for very long (replaced in 2013 with the OS-6 ReadyNAS line).  It has more capacity, and is faster.  But the original version actually had more features (more complete firmware), so its hard to say which is better.

There still are some offered on ebay, so you could try there.  Some are asking for much more than I would pay (~$300 USD), and I don't know what they'd actually sell for. 

Likely I'll end up keeping the trays and screws (they are compatible with newer ReadyNAS I am still using), and recycling the chassis.

barryberkov wrote:

although I get a message about there being an error with SSL. 

There is a work-around.  Use Firefox, and set security.tls.version.min to 1 (browse to about:config and search for the setting).

If you decide to keep it, you can also patch the OS to allow you to reach the admin page with (unencrypted) http.