ReadyNas NV+ "Kernel Panic"

clingon wrote:
However Infrant/ Netgear, producing hardware for the sole purpose of data storage decided not to do so?

The NV+ is an evolutionary improvement over the NV which was released in Feb 2006 which is similar to hardware released in 2004.

The Sparc ReadyNAS units use hardware accelerated RAID. We added support for 4k sector partition alignment.

For x86 we added support for GPT in 4.2.16. This also uses software RAID but without hardware acceleration.

Even if support for GPT was possible there would likely be performance issues using high capacity disks on Sparc.

My recommendation is to go with a NAS with an Intel CPU if you want to use high capacity disks.

clingon wrote:

Also it's evident if you look at the rear of the first generation NV+ units that production modifications were being implemented. My two NV+ units state 'NV+ v2' & 'NV+ v3' after them (although confusingly they are both 'NV+ V1' units if you go by the model number). There appears to have been clear chances to modify & implement the use of 3tb drives with the NV+, either from the outset, within the further two modifications or possibly since the 'EOL'.

The hardware modifications made were due to the need to change some parts e.g. NICs used, due to previous parts used no longer being available.

clingon wrote:
At least, it would have been nice if Netgear could have maybe issued a statement or explanation on why 3TB drives wont work, especially for those who purchased NV+'s when 3TB drives were actually on the market. Some might wonder that the fact nothing has been said, actually says a whole lot more.

As Stephen mentioned yoh-dah did say that Sparc support for 3TB disks was "unlikely".

clingon wrote:
Anyway's what I will give them is the fact I have this great forum to voice my personal opinion on to the great people on here helping out, that's invaluable & one reason why I opted to buy my NV+'s when I did. :D

Yes. This forum was a big reason why I first came to use the ReadyNAS back in 2009.

clingon wrote:
On that bases, if I need to upgrade I would probably go for the Synology unless there was an obvious plus point staying with Netgear.

The ReadyNAS 314 has double the RAM (2 GB vs 1 GB in the Synology) and uses BTRFS, a modern filesystem which has some nice features that help provide better protection for your data.

Do your research and choose the new NAS that suits you.