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Newbie wondering if should upgrade to OS 6.x
Hi first time post. I have acquired an Ultra 4 Plus which is currently bare. I plan to use it fairly lightly to store and share photos, music, videos etc and to run CrashPlan to act as a backup agent ...
Nettle wrote:
run CrashPlan to act as a backup agent for all the local household laptops.
You might consider running Crashplan on a PC (mapping the NAS volume as a network drive). It's running on my Pro-6 (4.2.28), but there have been some bumps in the road (related to java versions and the libraries available on the NAS). CrashPlan's minimum platform is a moving target right now.
Nettle wrote:
Question is before I start using it, once I buy some disks, should I upgrade to 6 (appreciated that this is unsupported) or should I just stick with the 4.x version already on the box.
Reasons to use OS6:
-No expansion limits, so it handles bigger disks more easily.
-BTRFS snapshots are useful
-built-in antivirus
-ReadyCloud
-Future app development on 4.x will probably be limited.
There is no big reason not to, other than the lack of support. I've chosen to stay with OS 4.2 on my pro-6 for now, but if I ever need to do a factory reset I'll switch to OS6. I do have two smaller OS6 NAS (which I currently use to back up the Pro).
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