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DonQ
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Aug 15, 2016
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ReadyNAS RN 204 and UPS

Hi I have recently purchased a RN 204 and looking to ad a UPS. Quite frankly I find all the information rather confusing .... probably says more about me than the info! All I want is a UPS to protect the system in an outage (more than 10 minutes) and for the system to shut down gracefully by itself if I am away from the site. On reading the information I thought I needed a SNMP comparable system but this does not seem to be the case. I eventually found a page "How do I use uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) with my ReadyNAS OS 6 storage system?" [ http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22814/~/how-do-i-use-uninterruptible-power-supplies-(ups)-with-my-readynas-os-6-storage?cid=wmt_netgear_organic] Here it says: "When any UPS battery is low or when a power failure occurs, the ReadyNAS automatically shuts down gracefully." But then it goes on with configuring the UPS, ie it needs to be compatible ... I assume that this is an option only and not a necessary requirement for graceful shut downs. For me I see no advantage in managing a UPS .. not even sure what I would be managing!! Can anyone please confirm if all I need is a UPS, with no management linkage via SNMP, etc.? In other words the ReadyNAS monitors the power input from the UPS and shuts down gracefully by itself ... a simple set and forget system. IN which cas any reasonable UPS will do. Thank you Stephen
  • I have two CyberPower units:  CP1350AVRLCD and CP1500AVRLCD.  Both work with ReadyNAS.  I use the 1500 to protect the RN202 and a nearby PC (the Nas is set up to do a graceful shutdown, I never bothered to do that with the PC). 

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    The simplest use case would be to get a UPS, hook the NAS power cable to the UPS and connect a USB cable (the USB cable probably would be provided with the UPS) from the UPS to one of the USB ports on the NAS. Note the port on the UPS must be a USB port (we don't support using serial-to-usb cables). The monitoring of the battery level in the UPS etc. will occur over USB.

     

    There is no need to get a UPS that is managed via SNMP.

    If you have multiple NAS you can share the UPS connected via USB to one with the other over your network (obviously the power for both would need to be connected to the UPS and the power for the router/switch would need to be as well for this to work). You can even share the UPS with a PC.

     

    Personally I use a APC UPS, but most UPS units should work.

    • DonQ's avatar
      DonQ
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      Hi mdgm, thank you. Sorry for my ignorance, but if there is monitoring via a USB doesn't that require some software on the USB, and hence must be compatible? Regards Stephen
      • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
        mdgm-ntgr
        NETGEAR Employee Retired

        It does need to be compatible with NUT (Network UPS Tools) which we run on the NAS.

        As for sharing the UPS over the network with a Windows PC whilst this article is written for an older product this works similarly: http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=466

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