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klidster
Jul 22, 2018Apprentice
Huh. New 428 cheaper than increasing 316 storage
I just had an odd epiphany that I thought I'd pass along. I've got a RN31600 home theater movie/music server with 6 6TB drives configured as XRAID6. I've passed 80% storage usage and loading today's ...
klidster
Jul 23, 2018Apprentice
Yes, I always move the 'old' ReadyNAS over to being backup when I get new ReadyNAS hardward. (This is the 4th or 5th time, now.) Currently the older, old system being used for backup is a Pro Business system with 6 4TB disks configured JBOD. (As I mentioned in another thread, the PSU on that died and that's what started all this upgrading and looking into changes.) The 316 is what's now going to replace that. I'm going to wait for some lower 6TB prices and then load it in XRaid5.
Quick question, though. I've got a 256GB SSD that I replaced in another system. Is that large enough to use in the 428 to set the firmware?
mdgm-ntgr
Jul 23, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
Yes, that's more than big enough.
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