Netgear ReadyNAS 1100 - spec's and limitations?

Performance/specs will be mostly the same as the NV+, except in rack mount form factor. The 1100 was EOL'd a few years ago, no support at all from NTGR now, so take that into consideration on price.

Any idea on what firmware is the latest, and where / if anyone could get their hands on it? On a working unit, is there anything special one should know to look for? I managed to find a few images online, it looks like it uses a socket for the memory, just as the NV+ does.

Whats with the "internal USB key"? Is it instead of having a bit of flash on the motherboard, or creating a boot partition on the array for the system? Can/should one make a backup, does size & speed of said stick matter? (More then likely the size is an issue of having to large sticks, rather then not large enough. Would this be an issue)

God, this forum is a goldmine. It took me longer to get back and check the response, then it took someone to actually respond. HUGE thanks.
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Mr_B wrote:
Any idea on what firmware is the latest, and where / if anyone could get their hands on it? On a working unit, is there anything special one should know to look for? I managed to find a few images online, it looks like it uses a socket for the memory, just as the NV+ does.

Here you go: http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_4_1_10_Notes

Mr_B wrote:
Whats with the "internal USB key"? Is it instead of having a bit of flash on the motherboard, or creating a boot partition on the array for the system? Can/should one make a backup, does size & speed of said stick matter? (More then likely the size is an issue of having to large sticks, rather then not large enough. Would this be an issue)

The firmware is installed from the flash onto the OS partition on the disks. The flash is used during the early part of the boot process. No need to do a "backup" of this key. Easy enough to write the firmware to a replacement USB key if necessary (should be a 128MB or greater capacity one, 64MB is just enough)

Rofl, should teach me to read the release notes more thorough, i guess. I got the NV+, so i should have seen that one coming.

But i did find one crazy question i'd like to ask. When it comes to "mods" whats there to know about the 1100 ? Seams there isn't a whole lot on it here, or anywhere else i see on the net. I saw a mentioning of it supposedly being 8 drives capable, but that was as far as i understood, only in theory, based on the chipset's features. Are the sATA hookups available on the PCB, and if so, did anyone ever try hooking sATA headers to em, and connect drives? Admittedly, this is just curiosity, and probably wouldn't happen even if it was confirmed working. Where would one put the drives? No, it's not realistic, but it's one of those "what ifs".

Seeing as the memory in the 1100 also is a DDR module, is it replaceable, is it recommended, what specs would be right? (Well, it was never recommended from NetGEAR, i know that, but any personal experiences?) At least the 1100 comes with twice the memory of the NV+, i guess to partly make up for the slower processor. I have a few DDR 1GB modules laying around, i'd probably stick one in and test it, just for good measure. I think i even got some 2GB Quantum DDR SO-dim's that should work. (As in, they should be healthy. No idea whats working in the 1100)
Didn't work with the NV+ tho. If it's memory timings, or if it's to much memory, odd design... No idea.
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Yeah, i guess you could say i don't know when enough is enough. Looks like i took to long on the draw anyway, someone else might have beat me to this darn thing. Thank you both for your input.
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