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ReadyNAS Pro 6 crashed again
Hello all, My ReadyNAS Pro6 periodically stops responding to the network. When that happens I can push the button to shutdown it but it will sit on "shutting down" forever and then I'll have to p...
tony359What model is your unit? RNDP6000-100?
"I've now fully transitioned to OMV " Any chance you would share steps in a new thread? Any difficulties?
Hi
Where do I see the model? 🙂
I was planning to make a guide, I should have taken some notes!
The install was flawless - I had issued but turned out my brand new USB stick I purchased was fake and faulty! 🙂
You need VGA output. Once you get in the BIOS you change the BOOT from the internal USB to the USB stick which you created following OMV's instructions.
Then it's just a matter of following the instruction and the box will reboot with an IP address. At that point you can log on and start customising things.
If you use a USB stick as a boot device, you should install the openmediavault-flashmemory plugin - which will reduce the writing on the drive and use some RAM as well maybe?
Then it's all via GUI. As I said, OMV is pretty basic. But works. Also, do get a FAST usb stick and do expect the system to be very sluggish at the beginning when all processes and updates are running. Once it's settled, it's perfectly fine. This is because you're using a USB drive as OS drive. Unfortunately OMV does not support OS on the RAID as OS6 does.
Fans are not controlled by OMV so I installed lm-sensors and configured them myself. I'll see if I can find the guide I followed but it's standard Linux stuff.
Oh, the display also won't work but I managed to send it some custom text and I believe someone's done some work to make it work. I'm sure something will come up. It's definitely accessible from Linux.
As I haven't touched the internal USB, I could return to OS6 any time - losing the data of course.
I see if I can come up with a better guide at some point, so far this is my experience. The box has been running perfectly fine and Debian updates (and also OMV) are coming regularly via GUI.
I this case, it doesn't matter. The only difference is the processor, and you've upgraded yours.
Quick update, the system has been up for 20 days and no issues whatsoever.
I am avoiding running updates as that would restart things and I don't want to somehow "fix" things unintentionally.
Another update, it's now 2 months and I haven't had the slightest issue with OMV.
I did try avoiding updates - which inevitably restart the software or the whole NAS - but I've then discovered that Debian will send security updates which are done regardless of me going to the UPDATE section of OMV. So at least once I found the "uptime" timer had reset because the NAS had been forcibly updated and the update required a reboot.
The thing is that: it works. No issues at all. After about a month I've also gone back to the original PSU, recapped and with a powerful fan this time. The PSU indeed is blowing quite some heat so I must have cooked those capacitors with the very slow fan.
Also, I have swapped the airflow direction of the fan. I do feel the factory one cannot be right. The PSU has a dedicated air vent at the BOTTOM. Air there is cool as it's under the unit. Hot air go up. So I feel that the PSU should get fresh air from there and blow OUT along with the larger system fan above.
Having the PSU to suck air at the back and blow it under the NAS is nonsensical to me.
1. The fan will suck the hot "system" air if the NAS is close-ish to a surface
2. The hot air expelled at the bottom of the case will rise and some of it will be sucked back in by the PSU fan. I feel that swapping direction makes totally sense. Feel free to disagree with me!
Anyways, I'm convinced that OS6 has a bug that applies to my system - maybe because of the amount of data, the disks type etc. Who knows. All I know is that (finger crossed) OMV works.
I think this could be my final update on this subject.
It's been 4+ months of use and I had ZERO issues with OMV and my ReadyNAS. The nas is on 24/7, the share is always accessible, no issues to report.
At some point I was unable to update, a file had been left locked apparently - I was given some advice on the OMV forum , I deleted a file and it worked again. A little software bug 🙂
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