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ReadyNas discontinued?
I love this product and have been looking for a second one (RN424), but none have been available for months. I understand the pandemic has reduced computer chips, etc. but now I see ReadyNAS isn't ev...
I'm in the same boat here - I have a Pro Pioneer 6, an Ultra 6 Plus, a 516 and a 422 and have been looking to consolidate some of the older units into a 628x for a while now. I'm even getting crickets from the various sales contact emails within Netgear.
My gut feeling is that this is a soft discontinuation, as many others have noted, at least for the non-rack mount units. It would sure be nice if Netgear would give some sort of heads-up or notice as to their support plans at minimum. i've been evaluating alternatives (Synology, QNAP, AsusStor, TerraMaster, and even roll-your-own options using UNRaid or TrueNAS) but haven't found something I'm fully comfortable in making the plunge on. While it's true that ReadyOS is perhaps getting a little long in the tooth, it's one of the more traditional, accessible Debian-based NAS OSes out there.
If you have a place for a noisy rack mount system, that is an option. Prices are a bit steep new, but I bought used and continue to see some pop up on eBay a lot cheaper than an 9-bay desktop model. I switched a couple years ago now, going with RN4200V2 and RD5200 converted to OS6. Though older, they have a quad-core Xeon X3450 @ 2.67GHz, can have lots of RAM (I have 16GB), and are basically OEM Supermicro units, making parts more available. The RD5200 comes with a 10GBE card, and the RN4200 can be equipped with a standard Intel one. I've also seen some RN3220's and RN4220's for sale at a reasonable price, even with the necessarily high shipping cost. Stay away from the RN3200 and RN4200 (V1), though, as 8 of the 12 slots on them are restricted to 2TB.
I can highly recommend Synology, for all it's worth.
I have been a big user an fan of ReadyNAS, and have several 6/8 bay ReadyNAS devices going back to 10+ years.
So I was gutted when I was "told unofficially" back in 2020 that the line was going to be discontinued.
So I ended up buying the Synology DS1819+ and now the DS1821+ 8 HDDs NAS. (The 1821+ supports the AMD RyzenTM V1500B quad-core 2.2 GHz CPU.0
Perhaps the build quality is not the same as ReadyNAS (I supposed i am only complaining about the plastic disk caddies really, but they do the job.)
Having said that, synology are clearly investing in NASes, with the latest version of the DSM 7.0 being pretty good. Sure there are some minor things lacking there as well, regarding SMB, but eveything else is excellent so far.
At the end of the day it's all about the software and what I like about DSM is that there are plenty of features/options that have to do with data integrity/resilience/redundancy.
(I am not too fussed about Plex and such "streaming" features that QNAP seem to have, and consequently QNAP's NASes seem to be more expensive from my POV.)
For all it's worth they support Seagate's IronWolf technology, so that speaks to their investment, if nothing else.
HTH
All the best with your choice.
...after a view days of research, i went with Asustor Lockerstor 10 as6510t
very pleased with my purchase so far. so damn quiet compared with my readynas ultra!
but still sorry i didn't get to buy readynas 628x :-(
uwebu wrote:...after a view days of research, i went with Asustor Lockerstor 10 as6510t
very pleased with my purchase so far. so damn quiet compared with my readynas ultra!
but still sorry i didn't get to buy readynas 628x :-(
So you're pretty happy with the Lockerstor? The hardware looks VERY nice. I've heard mixed things about the software and the underlying system access - I've gotten very used to SSH access to the underlying OS on my ReadyNAS units (being a long-time Linux user), so even though it may not be completely necessary (particularly with a NAS platform with broader "app" support), it feels like something I'd miss.
Definitely with you on feeling like I missed out on a 628X - that was pretty much the configuration I had been waiting for since I moved from my original Pro Pioneer to a 516. I was ready to pull the trigger on one in mid-2020 when they suddenly became unobtainable. Of course, I was also ready to finally pull the trigger on moving from 6TB drives to something larger when the Chia nonsense hit, so my luck continues unabated :(
Platypus69 wrote:
I can highly recommend Synology, for all it's worth.
One concern with Synology is that their new NAS are locked to use their re-branded hard drives. I'm not a fan of that approach.
StephenB wrote:
Platypus69 wrote:I can highly recommend Synology, for all it's worth.
One concern with Synology is that their new NAS are locked to use their re-branded hard drives. I'm not a fan of that approach.
To be fair to Synology, as I understand it that policy only applies to their Rack-mount "Rackstation" line sold for enterprise use. But it is a troubling trend, I agree.
I have been looking at a lot of the options out there. The DS1819+/1821+ seem like a good option as long as I'm willing to move my Plex serving off the NAS. QNAP's security snafus as of late make me weary of their line, and I'm not as impressed with some of their hardware. I must admit Asustor's hardware is the most appealing right now, but I've heard mixed things about their software and their underlying system access.
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