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Aspirant

Nov 25, 2016

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OS6 on Pioneer Pro

Hi, I have a Pioneer Pro 6-Disk ReadyNas (1GB memory) that has been happily running 4.2.19 for a few years now. Is it possible to upgrade this unit to OS6? I am seeing conflicting reports. If ...

ReadyNAS OS 6 on Legacy models

waikiki
Dec 05, 2016
Sandshark wrote:
waikiki wrote:
Hi Sandshark,

What you are saying is the OS6 installation instructions at http://netgear.nas-central.org/wiki/OS6_on_Legacy_x86 are still valid and recent, is that correct?

That means my steps would be as follow:

1. Proceed OS upgrade from OS4 to OS6 using the OS6 installation instructions at http://netgear.nas-central.org/wiki/OS6_on_Legacy_x86
2. Perform bios upgrade to v2.0 in OS6.
3. Perform the hardware upgrade and replacement of CPU and memory.
4. That's it!

Are the steps correct?
No, since I canot get the bios update to work under OS6 (I still have one Pro BE not updated), I suspect you'd have the same issue. Do the BIOS upgrade from 4.2.x first (if you need it), then upgrade to OS6.

Ok, I will modify my steps at such:

1. In OS4, perform the BIOS upgrade via installing the bios update addon at http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin
2. Proceed OS upgrade from OS4 to OS6 using the OS6 installation instructions at http://netgear.nas-central.org/wiki/OS6_on_Legacy_x86
3. Perform the hardware upgrade and replacement of CPU and memory.
4. That's it!

That's all? Thanks.

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Nov 25, 2016

It can be upgraded to OS-6, though Netgear won't support it if you do.

The process does require reformatting the disks, so you do need to make a backup, then go through the upgrade, and restore the data from the backup after the upgrade completes.

Benefits include more flexible expansion (OS 4.2 won't expand over 16 TiB or more than 8 TiB from the starting point - which ever is smaller). You will be able to install plex. Not sure on transcoding performance though - I wouldn't count on that.

jbaird

Aspirant

Nov 25, 2016

Thanks for the quick reply! Is this the best guide to follow if I want to upgrade?

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29957/~/readynas%3A-migrating-disks-from-raidiator-4.2-to-readynas-os-6-(x86)?cid=wmt_netgear_organic

bedlam1
Prodigy
Nov 25, 2016
A read of this thread may be more helpful link
Just follow the steps and download links in the solution posting
- jbaird
  Aspirant
  Nov 28, 2016
  The upgrade went smooth! However, now my main volume is 'resyncing' even though there is no data on it after the uprgade (as expected). It looks like this is going to take ~10hrs for a 4.2TB volume. Is the resync expected and should it take this long?
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 28, 2016
    jbaird wrote:
    
    The upgrade went smooth! However, now my main volume is 'resyncing' even though there is no data on it after the uprgade (as expected). It looks like this is going to take ~10hrs for a 4.2TB volume. Is the resync expected and should it take this long?
    
    It is expected. RAID is in between the disks and the file system - it needs to sync every sector, whether it is used or not.
    
    The time seems long, but that may be a combination of the estimates been wrong, and the resync being done as a background task. It runs faster is you aren't trying to load data onto the volume.