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OS6 on Ultra6
Hello guys/girls, I was willing to follow this : OS6-now-works-on-x86-Legacy-WARNING-NO-NTGR-SUPPORT for months now but never found the time... And guess what now I have time..... So I di...
6.9.6 installed, no issues so far.
Whether you update is your choice. I have not chosen to go beyond 6.9.5 on any NAS except one "sandbox" one, as I am still seeing issues with later versions reported here and nothing added in 6.10.x is something I think I need. But there is no reason you can't -- there is no version limit for legacy devices on OS6 at this point.
If you have not upgraded to at least 2GB of RAM, it is recommended you do. All currently selling ReadyNAS have at least that much, and at least one user has reported an issue with a legacy NAS that was solved with more RAM.
Thank you for your advice !
Indeed if it's running properly with 6.9.5 and no "bonus" on 6.10.x then I won't play with the devil.
I did the upgrade to 2GB of RAM years ago ;)
Are you using the alerts contact ? Which mail provider is working on yours ?
I don't use alert emails, I just check RAIDar and/or the admin GUI religiously. I probably should implement them on the backup NAS at my brother's place, since it's not always on, but haven't. One of the 6.9.6 improvements is to Gmail, so you should at least upgrade to that if you use Gmail for alerts.
FWIW, I am running 6.10.3 on my OS-6 NAS (my Pro-6 is still on 4.2.31).
I do have email alerts set up on all my NAS (using gmail).
Note if your gmail account doesn't use 2FA and allows less secure apps, you can use the older firmware (just enter the SMTP server, etc).
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