Hi.Got a ReadyNAS NV+ long, long out of warranty. It just stopped working - no errors, just lost power. Have tried a replacement PSU that didn't work either. There is just no life in it at all.Any ideas?Thanks.

When that happened to me, I was still in warranty and Netgear sent a refurbished chassis. I subsequently bought another chassis in case it happened to me again.You may be able to find one for <$125 which would be a good deal if all your drives are good, and have precious data on them.

Nothing precious, except some old backups stored for other people that I'm not too fussed about. Lots of my movies that I'll have to re-rip from DVD, but not the end of the world! To be honest, I've not been that impressed with the ReadyNAS so may well just try and get the drives into a PC (unfortunately I need some more SATA power in my case!) and then go with something else next time. Thanks for the reply.

Assuming this is a v1, here are instructions for recovering your data using an ordinary x86 linux machine if you were using X-RAID: http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=306Note this assumes your disks and array are fine. Note that using X-RAID on the NV+ (v1) one disk is the parity disk (it's not blank, it just doesn't have the partition table on it).

So I wouldn't need to connect that disk?

You'd need to remove the disks from the NAS and connect the disks to your PC to recover the data using the steps in the article above.If you prefer, if you purchase a new ReadyNAS e.g. a 314 we have a procedure for support to attempt to recover data using that. Assuming the disks and array are fine it would hopefully be straightforward. There may be a cost involved with doing this, but support would explain this to you, if so. If you decide to go down this route it would be good to have an external USB hard drive ready that you can connect to the NAS for the data to be copied off to.Things have changed a lot since the NV+.Our new models are much faster, have a much better web admin UI, run a newer OS with a better filesystem and a large number of features.

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bombardier1
Aspirant
Feb 17, 2015
OK, so I'm desperate now. IF I bought a second-hand NV+ does it matter which model it is? Would I be able to just plug the drives in (in any order?) and be up and running again?
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Feb 17, 2015
Our legacy Sparc models use software RAID but Flex-RAID on Sparc uses a custom mdconfig. I don't know how to recover this using an ordinary Linux x86 machine, but I do for X-RAID.

Newer models (e.g. Legacy x86 and ARM models, as well as our current models) use standard tools and can be mounted easily using an ordinary x86 Linux machine assuming the disks, array and volume are fine.

Assuming the disks and array are fine, you can use another NV+, but it would need to be another v1: http://www.rnasguide.com/2012/01/09/how-to-tell-whether-i-have-a-duo-v1-or-duo-v2-or-nv-v1-or-nv-v2/

Bets to keep the drive order the same.

You also should first put a spare disk (must not be from your array in the NV+) and confirm the NAS is running at least as new firmware as what you were running on the dead NAS.

With a second hand NAS you may get a NAS that is already in a bad way. It may/may not be in good condition. Even if it is working you will still be left with a model that has long been End of Life.

If the second hand NAS is working but you can't get your data back using it doesn't work, you would still need a new NAS if you wish to consider data recovery options.
bombardier1
Aspirant
Feb 17, 2015
Thanks for the useful info. I definitely have a v1, so would look for another one. And thanks too for the heads-up about the spare disk to check the firmware - good to know.

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