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New to NAS storage - total beginner, looking to set up a second hand Netgear ReadyNAS Duo v2
Dear community, This has probably been asked before. I did try and look but couldn't find anything. I have just bought a ReadyNAS Duo v2 off Ebay.There is a sticker on the bottom: FW v4.1.6. The mo...
For others considering purchasing used, look at the picture of the rear of the Duo in question. If the fan is the full width of the chassis, it's a "real" V2. If the fan is smaller, and there is an depression where the power plugs in, it's a V1. Even on poor quality photos, these can usually be picked out.
Hi Sandshark,
Many thanks for your reply. I am pleased to say the system is all up and running on the older version of RAIDar 4.3.8.
I was shocked to learn that what I purchased was a modified V1, albiet the purchase price was £52.00 and I have some sort of NAS system in place for storing my stuff.
I am very grateful to you for your help and assistance.
Many thanks.
Hi Jason
Like you, I recently purchased an RNDuoV2, running firmware/OS v5.3.13, off eBay UK about the same time you were purchasing your machine. And although I paid £60 for my device, I am very pleased with it because it's practically brand new, the original purchaser could not get the it to work and so ended up buying a Synology NAS to use instead.
Although I already have previously bought two RNDuoV2 beforehand, I managed to get this third one up and running with help from a couple of forum member, StephenB and Sandshark, without their help I would have been truly "up the creek without a paddle", the Netgear manuals for the RNDuoV2 are lacking in some essential details.
Anyway, bought 2 x WD Red Plus HDs, on the advice of StephenB, and installed them into my new (old stock) device, to my surprise the set-up process went very smoothly and now I'm off-loading data and documents from my PC to my RNDuoV2.
BTW, I've no interest in Ready Cloud or any other Netgear online service, I like my network being self contained and so will not miss these "unavailable" services.
Finally, my experience buying my RNDuoV2 from eBay was quite good, and setting up the device in the latter stages was also very good. I don't know if I will ever buy anything else from eBay but if the price is right I'll probably take a punt.
UK Bob
ukbobboy01 wrote:
Like you, I recently purchased an RNDuoV2, running firmware/OS v5.3.13
Just to avoid confusion here - JasonCP purchased the original Duo (called a v1 here) - which runs 4.1.x firmware.
For others considering purchasing used, look at the picture of the rear of the Duo in question. If the fan is the full width of the chassis, it's a "real" V2. If the fan is smaller, and there is an depression where the power plugs in, it's a V1. Even on poor quality photos, these can usually be picked out.
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