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adamwilt
Jan 16, 2017Aspirant
OS 6.6 on Ultra 6:. Not ready for prime time? Do I need more memory? Or...?
TL;DR version: OS 6.6 is worryingly unpredictable/unstable on my Ultra 6. Do I just need to expand the memory past the stock 1 GB, or is OS 6 still not ready for prime time, at least on these older b...
- Feb 06, 2017
Final update (I hope): I re-ran the upgrade from 4.2 to 6.6.1. The NAS has been working perfectly for over a week. What was different this time? (a) all disk were in place already, so no RAID expansion was needed; and (b) I went straight to 6.6.1, not 6.6.0.
I did order more memory, but haven't installed it; I'm still running the stock 1 GB. I wanted to replicate my previous issues first so I could verify whether increasing RAM alone would fix it. But the box has resolutely failed to show any issues at all: no hangups, no unexpected slowness, no failures to respond. I've tried things like running a scrub while launching backups and hitting the NAS with clients, and the system reacted more slowly when all that was going on, but even so: it all worked, and the scrub of 8.8 TB finished within 48 hours (as did the initial full backup, before I started the stress test). Incremental backups run as quickly now as they did on OS 4.
So I either had a subtle corruption during the initial upgrade, or stuffing two new disks in and expanding the volume triggered the problems. But it wasn't low RAM, apparently, and OS 6 seems to be running fine despite my best attempts to break it. I'm going to label it "bug report closed: cannot replicate."
As for the apparent mislabeling of the System and CPU temperatures? I edited /etc/frontview/sensors/ULTRA6.conf and swapped the "System" and "CPU" labels for temp2 and temp3, ran "systemctl restart readynasd", and now the readings in the web UI match the values I expected from version 4.2 (I got the idea from this thread: <https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/ReadyNAS-4200V2-OS6-6-1-fan-control/m-p/1219655#U1219655>).
kekegsm
Jan 16, 2017Guide
When my Ultra6 frozed again and again, and sometimes couldnt boot up (just the "ReadyNAS" text, no BootMenu, and I needed to reset by cmos-battery out-waitabit-back), i tested the 2 memory module (Kingston KHX6400D2B1/2G HyperX blu), and I found one is bad (memtest86 on an old PC found the error, the NAS memtest just frozen on it.
Now I use the other HyperX (who passed memtest) and the factory module (passed test too), 3GB is enough for a home NAS, I am sure.
All fans replaced, Arctic Cooling F12 on back and a Cooling SWIF2-801 in the PSU, and now whisper-quiet. OS 6.6.1 on it.
Now I have problem with CPU-temp sensor and the fan controll only. (no changes between quiet-balanced-cool, 1087-1090 RPM everytime...)
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