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Limit On Volume Count?
I have a readynas Ultra 6 unit that I am using in flex-raid mode. I added a new disk to the unit, and it recognized the disk as OK. The problem is that it is not letting me add a new volume for the...
I've left my pro running OS4, but of course use OS6 on my RN102. I agree that the major showstopper type bugs have been fixed (including a couple in 6.1.7 beta).
OS6 is still missing some features I use - in addition to disk spindown, you cannot send a WoL packet in a backup job, and you cannot schedule disk scrubs and volume scans.
On the other hand, it includes some nice features that are missing in OS4 - including Antivirus, and more usable snapshots. It also will (sometimes) allow you to switch between flexraid and xraid w/o data loss.
Both the x86 OS4 and OS6 manuals clearly state that a 6-bay NAS can have up to 6 volumes. If that it not really the case, Netgear should either (a) fix it in a maintenance release or (b) revise the manual. (a) would be my preference, since I think users expect the ability to run jbod on any home NAS.
An alternative approach to getting more logical volumes would be iSCSI
OS6 is still missing some features I use - in addition to disk spindown, you cannot send a WoL packet in a backup job, and you cannot schedule disk scrubs and volume scans.
On the other hand, it includes some nice features that are missing in OS4 - including Antivirus, and more usable snapshots. It also will (sometimes) allow you to switch between flexraid and xraid w/o data loss.
Both the x86 OS4 and OS6 manuals clearly state that a 6-bay NAS can have up to 6 volumes. If that it not really the case, Netgear should either (a) fix it in a maintenance release or (b) revise the manual. (a) would be my preference, since I think users expect the ability to run jbod on any home NAS.
An alternative approach to getting more logical volumes would be iSCSI
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