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Upgrade Readynas Pro 6
I'm a happy owner of a newly aquired elderly ReadyNAS Pro 6 running lates OS 6.10.3 in otherwise stock configuration: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2160 @1.80GH 1 GB Installed Memory BIOS 08/20/20...
A processor upgrade really has little impact for a single user, possibly due to the Pro only having SATA2, but likely does impact multiple simultaneous users It definately speeds things up when a backup or other process is occuring in the background. It will affect some apps, especially things like Plex. The RAM upgrade (at least to 2GB) makes more of a difference in transfer speed because of more available buffer.
Based on this, I have not upgraded the processor on any -200 Pro6 units with the Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz or later Ultra6Plus, which have the same (I am told earlier ones had the Pentium E2160 @ 1.80GHz pf the original Pro). Just not enough to be gained.
My unit have the E2160 @1.80GH. Will it work great if I did not upgrade, yes. It's for household use, and is accessed via WiFi. Most important is actually the fan upgrade to reduce noice level.
With more RAM and faster Processor, it's not about truly using the speed - it's about being able to tell your friends you have the fastest :smileyvery-happy: Just like owning the Ferrari - you have it and can tell others about it - but you never drive fast in it :smileylol:
Actualy even upgrading the e2160 to an e2220 would be felt. It's not necessarily the additional cores, but the speed of those cores. The faster the core performance, the faster everything gets. But on a lot of nas units, you have to make signifiant cpu changes to get any speed differences. It's one of the reasons I haven't touched the stock cpus on my intel units even though I have plenty of lga775 upgrades for them--just not worth it from all the research I found others did on it with the stock software. (With a different nas software installed, they did see large gains however.) It will be interesteing to see how the ReadyNas will respond to an upgrade.
The additional memory definitely helps as moving from the stock 1gb to 4gb in mine running os4 shows os4 now using over 2gb for caching. Makes me wish my 4gb modules worked, but oh well.
So wait, I'm not supposed to drive my Porsche or Corvette that fast?!? That would explain all the times I've been stopped, haha.
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