Raidar 4.1.8 is based on what, really? I know i've seen it somewhere, but i just cant seam to find it now. And of course, someone asked... So now i just got to find out again.B!

RAIDar is the client app you can run on your Windows/Mac/PC client machine. See http://www.readynas.com/downloadsRAIDiator is the Operating System (or firmware). RAIDiator for Sparc ReadyNAS (e.g. NV+ v1) is based on Debian SargeYou 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 SargeThere we go. However, do we have a version number to go with that?B!

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 2009Not 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.B!

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.

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rodrigoprati

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Dec 26, 2011

mdgm wrote:
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.

mdgm wrote:
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.

Hi mdgm -- in searching for solutions to my unfortunate problem of having purchased a Duo v1 (I thought I was getting a v2!) and 2 x 2.5TB HDs, I'm trying to make them work even losing the 500GB on each drive. If the only problem is indeed the fact that they require GPT, do you see any other reason why it wouldn't work if I create an MBR partition of 2TB on each drive (http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html)?

Thanks!

mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Dec 26, 2011
I believe it still won't work. I would suggest you return the Duo v1 if possible.
dbott67
Guide
Dec 26, 2011
Mr_B wrote:
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.
B!

It looks like Debian Sarge 3.1r8. Keep in mind that the ReadyNAS team does modify some of the packages, but it's likely that many/most are based on 3.1r8.

I no longer have an NV+ to check, but I believe the repositories for APT on the NV+ are listed as:

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian sarge main
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian sarge main

Check /etc/apt/sources.list to verify.

Following the link to http://archive.debian.org/debian and following through to the sparc-based repo (http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ ... rc/Release) I get the following:

Archive: oldstable
Version: 3.1r8
Component: main
Origin: Debian
Label: Debian
Architecture: sparc

Checking the parent folders for all architectures:

Origin: Debian
Label: Debian
Suite: oldstable
Version: 3.1r8
Codename: sarge
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:04:58 UTC
Architectures: alpha arm hppa i386 ia64 m68k mips mipsel powerpc s390 sparc
Components: main contrib non-free
Description: Debian 3.1r8 Released 12th April 2008

You could also download the GPL source and check: http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=2324

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