NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra 4 Disks Replacement

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JohnnyR2D2 wrote:

 

 

So what you're saying here is that after backup everything I can still try to resync the disks although your suggestion is to destroy all the data volume not only because it will be faster but also probably it will be a more clean installation right?

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It is faster because each resync requires every sector on all disks to be either read or written.  It's more efficient to build the volume once.

You'd have a clean installation either way - identical RAID layers, etc.

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JohnnyR2D2 wrote:

 

 

So what I'm going to install first isn't an actual firmware correct? it's a kind of upgrade from 4.2 to OS 6 meaning that after all the above I will have to install the new firmware which if I'm not mistaken is the ReadyNASOS-6.4.2-x86_64.img (got if from NTGR support download site).

 

 

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Actually the module I linked will install 6.5 beta directly, so you won't need the .img that you downloaded.  That makes the overall process simpler.

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JohnnyR2D2 wrote:

 

 

Last but not least...just in case I run into problems which I hope I'm not which ReadyNas new model you recommend for me to buy and use with four 8TB disks remembering that I use only for media share and backup some stuff in there. I need to USB minimum.

 

The RN314 is the closest model to what you have now.  It includes a 5 year hardware warranty and free lifetime chat software support.

The RN214 is worth considering if you are interested in streaming.  It uses a quadcore arm processor, which is capable of real-time 1080 transcoding with the plex streaming app.  That is particularly useful if you are streaming over the internet.  However, warranty is only 3 years, and free software support is limited to 90 days.

The RN204 gives good filesharing performance, but can't do real-time transcoding.  The warranty and software support is the same as the RN214.