NV+ V1 OS?

RAIDar is the client app you can run on your Windows/Mac/PC client machine. See http://www.readynas.com/downloads

RAIDiator is the Operating System (or firmware). RAIDiator for Sparc ReadyNAS (e.g. NV+ v1) is based on Debian Sarge

You may find that taking a look at the GPL (aka open source) code used by the ReadyNAS is useful and/or interesting.

mdgm wrote:
RAIDiator for Sparc ReadyNAS (e.g. NV+ v1) is based on Debian Sarge

There we go. However, do we have a version number to go with that?
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When I look at my RAIDiator 4.1.7 dmesg.log, I see:

Linux version 2.6.17.8ReadyNAS (root@calzone) (gcc version 3.3.5 (Infrant 3.3.5-1)) #1 Tue Jun 9 13:59:28 PDT 2009

Not sure if it's the same for 4.1.8. Is this what you're asking? Note it's "heavily modified" by Netgear.

I'm looking for the "reason" as to why the Sparc based systems wont handle larger drives. I remember this being down to the fact that nobody made the right stuff for whatever Linux version the Radiator OS is based on. *sigh* guess i simply should give up.
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GPT support is missing. I believe this came in a much newer kernel than what is available for Sparc.

The NV+ will handle drive capacities up to 2TB in size. Note that if you didn't last factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) on 4.1.7 or later you may have poor write performance with 4k sector disks (e.g. a large number of 2TB disks).

What drives are you wanting to use? If they are 2TB drives or smaller their should be a solution to your problem.

For larger capacity drives unfortunately you'll need a new NAS e.g. an ARM ReadyNAS (such as the NV+ v2) or an x86 ReadyNAS (I would recommend this - such as the Ultra or the Pro). As these are on a different platform you cannot simply migrate the disks across so you'd need to transfer your data e.g. across your network. If you're buying new drives anyway this shouldn't be a big problem.

To help keep the cost down you could look to using both the NV+ and a newer NAS. Remember if you get a new NAS you don't need to fill it straight away. You can start e.g. with a few disks, and add more later.

Way past the point of shopping. Thats why the topic came up. I know the NAS isn't able to handle anything larger then my 2TB drives, but someone asked why. I know support hasn't been developed for the Linux flavor of which we are based, but heck if i can remember where i read about it. I sort of remember there being a reference as to what this thing we are based of actually was... But that can be wishful thinking.
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Traditionally hard drives have used MBR partitions, however once you get to larger drive capacities than 2TB, GPT (GUID Partition Table) partitioning is needed. Sparc ReadyNAS can't handle this different kind of partitioning and so will see 3TB disks as <1TB in size.

RAIDiator 4.2.16 or later for x86, and all RAIDiators for ARM (beginning with the very first release 5.3.1) have GPT support.

Wow... Just wow. Talk about that one just zipping past the head of the one your talking to. I admit, it's most likely my fault, seeing as i both lack a understanding of the struckture of Linux, and English being my second language. So here goes. I'll try and be as clear as i possibly can.

I know why it doesn't work. I even know Microsoft "made" the Guid Partition Table a part of the new EFI "BIOS" standard, but that to include 2TB+ support in hardware with traditional hardware it's been extracted and put in to good use with other systems then EFI as well. What i was looking for was the "version number" of the Debian distribution used as a base for the NV+ v1 software. To the best of my understanding this should be 3.1. something.
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Well the x86 line is based on Debian 4 and ARM is based on Debian 6.0.3.

Sparc is definitely older than both of those. The /etc/debian_version files on my NV+ v1 units are empty (I'm running RAIDiator 4.1.9-T2).

Looking at http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/, this indicates that Debian Sarge is the name for the Debian 3.1 releases.

Again, yes, but which Debian 3.1? There is at least r1 to r8. Nut sure if they all went public, but i think they did.
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