Just for the record, here is my performance page. Seems that everything seems to be working ok. I wonder if any of you in the community running legacy hardware with moded CPUs (i.e. Q6600) are getting similar readings? Moreover, I have tried copying, backing up, cloud access, etc. and can report no major issues except for WoL.

I can't give you a reason as to why you are not seeing similar details on your performance page at least a SYSTEM and CPU fan reading graphic -- if this is what you mean. In order to fix a dead CPU fan graphic that was appearing in the OS interface, I simply added a line to my system.conf file in the sensors.d folder which fixed it. As to the other information on the performance page, it was always there. I don't know if you should upgrade to 6.4 as of yet a I have issues with WoL. Maybe a future release will fix this problem. Cheers.

viperhansa wrote:I am running 6.3.5 on a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (wich would be the same as Pro 6?) and have no issues so far.Except i dont have the same level of details on my performance page: 1 Fan, 1 cpu temp and 1 system temp. have you done any modifications or added anything to get 2 fans and the rest of the info? It is a feature of the 6.4.0 firmware that shows the extra info.

i have installed 6.4.0 on an ultra 4 of a friend it has been running 7 days. no prob or abnormality

updated mine to 6.4 a few weeks ago. Seemed to go ok but when I powered down this last Friday and restarted the device (first time since upgrade completed), it now only gets as far as the "ReadyNAS" LCD display. Doesn't recognize disks being pulled out, won't access boot menu and as far as I can tell the USB recovery hasn't worked yet. I would make sure you have a good backup of your data before proceeding and understand you may end up with a brick.

Hi spiderman1, Thanks for sharing! Other members who are using 6.4 on their Legacy units will feel happy and confident once they found this post. I saw that you have another thread where the WoL issue was discussed. I somewhat agree that the problem could be the NIC driver of the unit but let's wait and hear from other members who are using the same PRO 6 model. Kind regards, BrianLNETGEAR Community Team

OS 6.4 Experience on Legacy Hardware

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BrianL2
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Oct 12, 2015
Hi spiderman1,

Thanks for sharing! Other members who are using 6.4 on their Legacy units will feel happy and confident once they found this post. I saw that you have another thread where the WoL issue was discussed. I somewhat agree that the problem could be the NIC driver of the unit but let's wait and hear from other members who are using the same PRO 6 model.

Kind regards,

BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
viperhansa
Virtuoso
Oct 12, 2015
I am running 6.3.5 on a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (wich would be the same as Pro 6?) and have no issues so far.
Except i dont have the same level of details on my performance page: 1 Fan, 1 cpu temp and 1 system temp.

have you done any modifications or added anything to get 2 fans and the rest of the info?

regards

Hans
- spiderman1
  Guide
  Oct 12, 2015
  I can't give you a reason as to why you are not seeing similar details on your performance page at least a SYSTEM and CPU fan reading graphic -- if this is what you mean.
  
  In order to fix a dead CPU fan graphic that was appearing in the OS interface, I simply added a line to my system.conf file in the sensors.d folder which fixed it. As to the other information on the performance page, it was always there.
  
  I don't know if you should upgrade to 6.4 as of yet a I have issues with WoL. Maybe a future release will fix this problem.
  
  Cheers.
  - ATCIS
    Tutor
    Oct 12, 2015
    I'd like to add to this discussion. My original post got moved to an area of the forums that I feel may not be getting the exposure I was hoping for. It's been a few days now and no one has chimed in with a solution as of yet. The thread that I am referring to can be found here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Fan-CPU-in-enclosure-Internal-speed-is-below-threshold-after-FW/m-p/991414#M95036
- itsjasper
  Luminary
  Oct 15, 2015
  viperhansa wrote:
  I am running 6.3.5 on a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (wich would be the same as Pro 6?) and have no issues so far.
  Except i dont have the same level of details on my performance page: 1 Fan, 1 cpu temp and 1 system temp.
  
  have you done any modifications or added anything to get 2 fans and the rest of the info?
  
  It is a feature of the 6.4.0 firmware that shows the extra info.
F_L_
Tutor
Oct 15, 2015
Anyone tried 6.4 on a Ultra 4 yet?
- cpu8088
  Virtuoso
  Oct 15, 2015
  i have installed 6.4.0 on an ultra 4 of a friend
  
  it has been running 7 days. no prob or abnormality
  - KillerBob
    Aspirant
    Oct 15, 2015
    No isses, EXCEPT external Ext4 HDDs in USB caddies will not work following the upgrade... There are two of us now reporting this issue...
viperhansa
Virtuoso
Oct 17, 2015
Anyone else made the step to 6.4.0 on legacy units?

I have a upgraded RN buissinies pro that runs on 6.3.5 that i'm not sure that i want to upgrade.
Seems like there are some issues here and there on the forum.
- F_L_
  Tutor
  Oct 17, 2015
  I run it on Ultra 4, seems to be working so far.
viperhansa
Virtuoso
Oct 18, 2015
Ok,finally i took the leap of faith and upgraded my 6.3.5 to 6.4.0...
And everything went well, just updated it from frontview.
So far everything that worked before 6.4.0 seems to work now also.

Will update if i run into something fishy.... ;-)

// hans
- Supertramp11
  Luminary
  Oct 19, 2015
  Hi Hans,
  Thanks for early adopting 6.4.0.
  
  I also have a ReadyNas 6 Pro which works great with OS 6.3.5, including the fans.
  
  How are the fans on your NAS doing after upgrading to on 6.4.0?
  
  Thanks!!
  - heliumhel
    Initiate
    Oct 19, 2015
    updated mine to 6.4 a few weeks ago. Seemed to go ok but when I powered down this last Friday and restarted the device (first time since upgrade completed), it now only gets as far as the "ReadyNAS" LCD display. Doesn't recognize disks being pulled out, won't access boot menu and as far as I can tell the USB recovery hasn't worked yet. I would make sure you have a good backup of your data before proceeding and understand you may end up with a brick.
walshlink
Luminary
Oct 23, 2015
Model: ReadyNAS Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200)
Upgraded CPU: Intel Xeon X3230
Memory: 4 GB
HDD: 4x Hitachi 2TB
Upgraded System Fan: Noctua NF-P12 PWM - 120mm
Upgraded CPU Fan: Noctua NF-R8 PWM - 80mm
OS: 6.4.0

CPU temp sit around 48C idle and shown in performance tab.

I have not seen any issues other than SMB shares accessed from OSX (El Capitan, 10.11.1) disconnecting after long periods of time.
- Jophus
  Luminary
  Oct 28, 2015
  My Ultra 6 on 6.4.0 upgraded and works flawlessly. My RN102 2-bay ARM model will not shut down gracefully. This is affecting a number of people
  
  It works better on legacy than the modern replacements.
  - ksalno
    Aspirant
    Nov 01, 2015
    I have an Ultra 6 Plus that I am ready to upgrade from 4.2.27. Can I go straight to 6.4?
    
    Is there a more recent set of instructions? The ones I've found have links to download files but the links are broken and the instructions were written for ver 6.1. I'm looking for something more current without having to read 125 pages in that thread.
    
    TIA
    Karl
Equinox1
Guide
Nov 25, 2015
I have a stock Pro 6 with 6x2tb running 6.4.0. The SMB disconnects from the mac, and the unit freezes every 2 weeks or so. I guess there are still some rough edges in this firmware.

I also have a heavily modified Pro 6 (Q6600 and 4gb RAM) with 4x3tb running 6.4.0. No macs on this network so I dont know about the SMB shares on this one. And I had 1 freeze so far on this one since the update.

I appreciate the evolution in features of the OS, but we could definitely use some more stability.
viperhansa
Virtuoso
Dec 04, 2015
Hi All!
Anyone that have upgrade your 6.4.0 to 6.4.1 yet?
Any comments or issues?

regards

Hans
- Equinox1
  Guide
  Dec 06, 2015
  I upgraded yesterday. So far, so good.
  Eventless upgrade, on 2 boxes.
  - Supertramp11
    Luminary
    Dec 06, 2015
    Compared with 6.3.5 on a PRO 6: are the fans working equally well?