Not sure what do about my old ReadyNAS NV+ v2 to make use of it?

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BrucKlin wrote:

 

What I would like to do - is to pull all the drives out and rebuild from scratch, replace them all at once with 6TB drives and then rebuild / reformat / reconfigure ( whatever the correct terminology is ) the whole system.

 

 

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Yes, you can do that, and it will be faster than replacing them one at a time.

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BrucKlin wrote:

 

Q1 - Is there a manual or list of steps here online that I can follow to rebuild this NAS from scratch as if I had just bought it diskless? 

 

 

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One thing to triple-check is whether you have the original NV+ or an NV+ v2

The original NV+ (called v1 here):

• says ReadyNAS NV+ on the front panel
• runs 4.1.x firmware
• often has other labels that say v2 or v3 - these are confusing, and should be ignored.

The NV+ v2

• says ReadyNAS NV+ v2 on the front panel
• runs 5.x firmware

Once we confirm the model, we can provide the manual links.

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BrucKlin wrote:

 

Q2 - Can anyone estimate about how much space I will get if I can get 4 x 6TB drives in XRaid-2 configuration?  Is it close to 18TB in one big volume?  That would be awesome.

 

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This depends on the model question above.  The original NV+ only supports disks <= 2 TB.  Larger disks will install, and appear to work, but the volume size will be very wrong.

But if you do have an NV+ v2 running 5.3.x firmware, then you will get an 18 TB RAID-5 volume.

Though you aren't asking about disk models, I'll comment on that anyway.  WD Red Plus drives and Seagate Ironwolf drives are both good options.  Avoid desktop-class drives and ordinary WD Reds - both use SMR technology, and don't work very well in ReadyNAS.  Enterprise class drives are fine, but IMO are overkill for your model.