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OS6: Upgrade Ultra 2 plus or buy new quad core ARM?
I have been a very happy Ultra 2 plus user for a few years now. Recently I found out about the snapshots feature of OS6 so I am very interested to get that incorporated into my raid. I have read ab...
Keep the intel imho. I believe Plex, for exemple, is single thread bound, so a good old atom 1.8 should be better.
If you want to upgrade, go to the x86 products imo. But in the end, it's a budget issue. You know, you can upgrade your "old" unit to OS6, and see how it goes first.
Thanks for that advice, that is what my hunch has been also. Then last night I also read that there is not much chance at all of making Crashplan work on ARM, which kind of cinched it for me as I have paid already for 4 years of Crashplan service, which is working perfectly fine on my Ultra 2 plus.
Now the question becomes, what is an affordable 4 bay intel box out there, since the Ultra 4 Plus is no longer even sold. Would be an RN314? If I get a new one like the RN314, then OS6 would be completely supported. It appears I can run OS6 on my Ultra 2, but only 2 bays...and I'm not sure 2 bays will be enough, especially with snapshots turned on, which is the main reason for wanting OS6. I also hope to get some performance gains out of RAID1+0.
I've started investigating Synology and Qnap also as they seem to have some highly regarded 4 bay intel boxes. Seems like around $500-600 I ought to be able to get a decent 4 bay intel box from one these three companies that will handle Plex at least as good as my Ultra 2 plus, handle crashplan, handle snapshots, handle Time Machine. and the rest of what I do is pretty standard stuff I think. I guess I can probably sell my Ultra 2 plus for a few hundred bucks, so its not a bad trade up...
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