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Aspirant

Jan 13, 2020

ReadyNas NV+ kills network on copy action [4.1.15 ]

Hi Community, i am new to the Netgear ReadyNAS. I just switched from a Promise NAS. I got my NV+ operating in an x-raid with 4x1tb identical disks. Updated the RAIDiator to the latest 4.1.15 to...

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Si_K

Aspirant

Jan 13, 2020

thank's a lot for your help.

yes you're right. i got this one used. i wasn't happy with my promise nas and that was also lower in storage capacity.

so when i was offered this nv+ with 4tb for 60€ i couldn't miss it.

i updated it again , now to the really latest version ;)

and i downloaded the nastester utility. it ran a 400 x 5 run without any problems

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DNL8AVklnoq7WppGiG2V5brQdJM7zMSn/view?usp=sharing

so i started a 4gb x 2 run which is still running.

but as far as i see this programm copies only 1 file at a time so i don't expect it to crash.
But i will perform the increasing tests till maximum.

after that i will try to trigger the crash again with real-world-examples.

if it freezes again i will try to copy from another machine

Si_K

Aspirant

Jan 13, 2020

hi StephenB , i ran tests and copied stuff to my media collection the whole day.

everything worked just fine. it really seems like the update from 4.1.15 to 4.1.16 fixed the issue.

it sounds really silly but i was never before able to transfer so many data.

so i assume this to be solved but i will leave the thread open for some more days if the problem reoccures.

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 14, 2020
Si_K wrote:

i ran tests and copied stuff to my media collection the whole day.

everything worked just fine. it really seems like the update from 4.1.15 to 4.1.16 fixed the issue.

it sounds really silly but i was never before able to transfer so many data.

I glad it seems to have resolved it.

Likely you already know that RAID isn't enough to keep your data safe, but just in case, I want to underscore the need to have a backup of the data on the NAS.

FWIW, Netgear stopped selling the NV+ in late 2011, so yours is at least 8 years old. Generally the first thing to fail is the power supply. My own NV+ (about 10 years old) is still running, though I only use it as a backup NAS now.