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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.
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