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Ready for expansion (RN Pro Pioneer Edition)-Seeking Advice
Hi Everyone. I purchased and setup my Readynas Pro Pioneer around Jan 2010. Aside from one disk issue (increasing errors, which Seagate replaced under warranty) it has been a nice experience. I ...
As part of the upgrade, I am planning on first upgrading my firmware.
The system email I periodically receive states the next available upgrade is to: 4.2.20 dated April 25, 2012.
I have a couple of questions:
1) There is one point listed on the release notes (http://www.readynas.com/?p=6346) which has me thinking.
If a known bug on a simple,normally straightforward firmware upgrade can hang a system, should I be concerned? I mean, what realistically is my fallback plan(s) if I performed the upgrade and 'win the lottery' and experience a hung system? As a reminder, I am out of warranty by about a year and at this point in my life I no longer have a huge amount of time to tinker with the 'funner things in life' like my NAS.
2) The most current firmware is: 4.2.26 (dated Feb 6, 2014).
Is there any reason why I cannot jump straight from my current 4.2.12 to 4.2.26, as opposed to first going to what the system-generated email states, 4.2.20? OR, is there another way I should be incrementally upgrading the NAS' firmware?
3) I have one backup of my NAS data. Prior to performing the firmware upgrade, is it highly recommended I created a second full backup? In other words, does a firmware upgrade pose a significant risk to my data?
vandermerwe wrote: Also, you should update your firmware, 4.2.12 is very old.
The system email I periodically receive states the next available upgrade is to: 4.2.20 dated April 25, 2012.
I have a couple of questions:
1) There is one point listed on the release notes (http://www.readynas.com/?p=6346) which has me thinking.
7. Fix possible system hang during upgrade from pre-4.2.16 releases to latest.
If a known bug on a simple,normally straightforward firmware upgrade can hang a system, should I be concerned? I mean, what realistically is my fallback plan(s) if I performed the upgrade and 'win the lottery' and experience a hung system? As a reminder, I am out of warranty by about a year and at this point in my life I no longer have a huge amount of time to tinker with the 'funner things in life' like my NAS.
2) The most current firmware is: 4.2.26 (dated Feb 6, 2014).
Is there any reason why I cannot jump straight from my current 4.2.12 to 4.2.26, as opposed to first going to what the system-generated email states, 4.2.20? OR, is there another way I should be incrementally upgrading the NAS' firmware?
3) I have one backup of my NAS data. Prior to performing the firmware upgrade, is it highly recommended I created a second full backup? In other words, does a firmware upgrade pose a significant risk to my data?
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