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pi1ot
Aspirant
Mar 30, 2018
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Photo Cloud?

I bought this ReadyNAS Ultra 2 5 years ago and so far I have only been using it on my LAN as a mounted drive in Windows to archive data. Pretty basic and there is no external access to it.

 

I wanted to set up a "private cloud" which would be used mostly to share photos with family. It would sync all the photos between the NAS and half a dozen computers.

 

Is this possible with this model of the ReadyNAS or do I need to upgrade?

 

Thanks in advance for the advice!


  • pi1ot wrote:

     

    Is the OS 6 firmware "supported" by Netgear or is this kind of like running something that might result in instability in the future?

    Netgear won't support OS 6 running on x86 "legacy" NAS, but lots of folks have done the conversion and almost all seem happy with the results.

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User

    You can install OwnCloud (you can get an add-on from rnxtras.com) 

     

    Or you can convert your ultra to run OS 6 firmware, and use ReadyCloud.

    • pi1ot's avatar
      pi1ot
      Aspirant

      Thanks for the advice Stephen!

       

      Is the OS 6 firmware "supported" by Netgear or is this kind of like running something that might result in instability in the future?

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User

        pi1ot wrote:

         

        Is the OS 6 firmware "supported" by Netgear or is this kind of like running something that might result in instability in the future?

        Netgear won't support OS 6 running on x86 "legacy" NAS, but lots of folks have done the conversion and almost all seem happy with the results.

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