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Old ReadyNAS won't move to new OS version
I have an old ReadyNAS Pro Business 6310 (I think that's the correct model number) running 6.10.1 firmware. I have a few questions. Perhaps someone can offer some advice. 1. Whenever I try to che...
I figured out the problem: Under the Network tab, I clicked on setting for the network card and under IPv4, the Router was set to 1.1.1.1. When I set it to the address of my router it seemed to connect to the Internet. When I click on "Check for Updates" on the main page, it tells me the proper answer, that I have the latest version of the OS.
It's peculiar that this happened, because it had been working fine. But this problem never affected anything else on my network that I didn't worry about it. Nightly backups were always working properly. So, unless the problem comes back, I think I'm going to forget about it.
Now that two of my three problems are resolved (Yay!), I'll circle back to the simple question of Power-down or not. As I said the server is simply a backup for a newer NAS and because the data on that changes infrequently, the nightly backups take less that 10 minutes usually.
This old server has five drives in it, with a variety of ages (between 34 and 67 hours on them). If I had the funds I'd probably swap them out for three 8TB drives, but it doesn't seem to be a high priority.
So, any thoughts on Powering down for 21 or 22 hours/day or just keeping it running 24/7?
Thank you so much for your assistance
Failure at power-on is more likely than failure while running, but in what percentages, I don't know. And does it change with age? I have my backup NASes on a schedule. I have them set to run an hour, which is automatically extended if a "pull" backup is in progress or queued or a scrub or balance is in progress. They are rack-mount units with enterprise drives, so are noisy and use a bit of power, which in turn requires more AC here in sunny Florida. So, I think I'm better off keeping them powered off mostly. I can WoL them (they are in a room dedicated to storage) if I need to access them. Having them mostly off also extends the run time on the common UPS most of the time, especially in late afternoon when Florida summers become less sunny.
My remote backup NAS for critical items is on all the time, but only because my brother uses it as his primary NAS. Otherwise, I'd do the same with it.
One other thing I do on the backup systems is run rnutil get_disk_info via cron.hourly and re-directed to a file, then rsync that to a share on my main NAS so I can check their drive health without having to power them on. I could even send a whole set of logs, but I think that's overkill.
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