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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...
Good day viperhansa
Are you running the X3230 on the ReadyNAS Pro 6?
I want to upgrade ram up to 8gb on my RNDP6350.
Could you suggest the exact model of the DDR2 RAM?
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 4
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 4
Socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 15
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3230 @ 2.66GHz
Stepping: 11
CPU MHz: 2659.863
BogoMIPS: 5319.72
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 4096K
What kind of memorymodules i use i cannot remember, except it's a matched pair of 4GB crucial. (2x4GB)
Not at home so i cannot check.
regards
Hansa
I don't think Crucial is making 4 GB DDR2 modules anymore (at least they aren't on their website). Finding compatible 2 GB modules is much easier (and cheaper). Note you can't use high-density modules (often labeled as "AMD").
Several years ago I went with Patriot PSD28G800K, which has worked well. But there's not much out there, and it is quite expensive at the moment.
I think this will work: https://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Tech-8GB-2-x-4GB-PC2-6400-Desktop-DDR2-800-MHz-240pin-DIMM-Memory-RAM-8G-2x-4G/321872623219
Hopefully Sandshark will chime in.
I don't think Crucial is making 4 GB DDR2 modules anymore (at least they aren't on their website). Finding compatible 2 GB modules is much easier (and cheaper). Note you can't use high-density modules (often labeled as "AMD").
Several years ago I went with Patriot PSD28G800K, which has worked well. But there's not much out there, and it is quite expensive at the moment.
I think this will work: https://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Tech-8GB-2-x-4GB-PC2-6400-Desktop-DDR2-800-MHz-240pin-DIMM-Memory-RAM-8G-2x-4G/321872623219
Hopefully Sandshark will chime in.
@StephenB
Was a long time ago i upgraded so that is possibly true.. :-)That RAM does not say if it is 2Rx8 (low density) or 2Rx4 (high density). But based on the chip count, I think it's low density and will work.
But you will see almost no improvement from 4GB to 8GB unless you are running a number of memory-intensive apps, so the expense is something you should really evaluate.
Thank you for that Patriot part number--seems like those are available on ebay used. :)
If you could find out those crucial part numbers, that would be really great. Even though it may not be possible to buy them new, I'm sure they would turn up at a reasonable cost in the used market since no one would know they were special.
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