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Probably power supply issue
I've read through a number of issues with the power supply failing on various models. I suspect that's what I have. My unit (ReadyNASRND4000) has been running fine for a number of years (5 according ...
- Finally getting back to this. Disassembled the unit today. The back of the unit says ReadyNAS RND4000 v3. The PSU is internal (or was, it's external now since I disassembled it! :) ) After much casting about I've ordered a replacement PSU from Evercase in the UK: http://www.evercase.co.uk/PowerSupplyUnits.htm#ReadyNASPSU. $100 with shipping but the data is priceless. Assuming this works I'll be dumping everything to ... something... and then looking for a new (and faster) unit. Unless NetGear does something about the backward compatibility with disks in its newer units I'll be looking elsewhere. So please tell me that moving forward I can be assured of pulling disks from a unit and having them work in a newer unit (yeah, yeah, within reason of course - but there's no reason that my 5 year old 2T drive should not be supported.) So, enough bitching and whining. When the new PSU arrives I'll update with what happened.
If the power supply is internal, it's a V1. The V2 has a 12V external brick, whihc is simple to replace.
Before you buy a new supply, you may want to use a spare ATX supply externally just to see if that's really the problem. Although the connector is the same, there are a couuple differences in the pin-out.
See this message on a power supply option and a link to the cable drawing: https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-Hardware-Compatibility/Inexpensive-power-supply-replacement-for-legacy-4-bay-Readynases/m-p/1016241#M13476
Finally getting back to this. Disassembled the unit today. The back of the unit says ReadyNAS RND4000 v3. The PSU is internal (or was, it's external now since I disassembled it! :) ) After much casting about I've ordered a replacement PSU from Evercase in the UK: http://www.evercase.co.uk/PowerSupplyUnits.htm#ReadyNASPSU. $100 with shipping but the data is priceless. Assuming this works I'll be dumping everything to ... something... and then looking for a new (and faster) unit. Unless NetGear does something about the backward compatibility with disks in its newer units I'll be looking elsewhere. So please tell me that moving forward I can be assured of pulling disks from a unit and having them work in a newer unit (yeah, yeah, within reason of course - but there's no reason that my 5 year old 2T drive should not be supported.) So, enough bitching and whining. When the new PSU arrives I'll update with what happened.
Hi MrBadger,
Please keep us updated about your progress.
Regards,
It's just a standard under $50 Flex ATX supply with a huge surcharge for swapping a couple of wires. But if you aren't comfortable doing the swap yourself, I guess it's worth it.
As for the file system, you were unfortunate to get in toward the end of the life of the old one. They used the same one for almost 10 years, a period in which drive size grew tremendously. If you choose to go with a company that does not progress with the times, that is your choice. But you could keep your old NAS and effectively do the same. Since you clearly have no backup system, you may want to consider re-purposing it for that.
While Netgear could (IMHO should) have made migration from old to new easier, the ability to simply move the drives over is not one of the things I expect to be supported forever.
So... the new power supply came in over the Thanksgiving holiday, I got it installed, restared the system which booted immediately. Once I saw that it was working I reinserted my disks and up it came. I'm dumping all the data to external storage right now. I'm looking at getting a unite that's fast enough to act as a media server and use this one as the backup unit. But for now, data is safe and lesson learned at minimal cost in blood and treasure. :) A success story.
Hello MrBadger,
We are glad to see that you were able to get this resolved.
Please feel free to post any suggestions, comments and questions. We appreciate your contribution to the community!
Regards,
Hello MrBadger,
We are glad to see that you were able to get this resolved.
Please feel free to post any suggestions, comments and questions. We appreciate your contribution to the community!
Regards,
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