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ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus
Hello to the community. I wanted share an experience I have recently had with my first ReadyNAS which I purchased diskless from Amazon on October 11th, 2011. The Ultra 2 Plus (RNDP200U) which I f...
azureal wrote:
Once my mirror re-syncs, I am considering upgrading the ReadyNAS from OS4 to OS6. I am wondering if the instructions and binaries linked in this thread will still hold true for upgrading my Ultra 2 Plus?
Yes. The only difference is that I am now recommending upgrading the stock memory to 2 GB before you convert it. That upgrade is inexpensive, and easy to do.
Thanks for sharing a positive experience. The nature of forums like this is that we see mostly problems, which can give others the impression that the ReadyNAS are problematic.
I highly recommend the OS6 update. The issues with elements of OS4.2.31 being unsupported are probably going to increase as time goes on. And an Ultra2Plus with OS6 is still a very viable NAS. Once you do the update, there is only one thing in the forums that are for native OS6 units that won't apply. That's if you have to do a USB recovery.
All of my active NAS are legacy systems with OS6. I even retired an RN516 in favor of one (though it's a very powerful rack-mount unit).
Sandshark wrote:Thanks for sharing a positive experience. The nature of forums like this is that we see mostly problems, which can give others the impression that the ReadyNAS are problematic.
I highly recommend the OS6 update. The issues with elements of OS4.2.31 being unsupported are probably going to increase as time goes on. And an Ultra2Plus with OS6 is still a very viable NAS. Once you do the update, there is only one thing in the forums that are for native OS6 units that won't apply. That's if you have to do a USB recovery.
All of my active NAS are legacy systems with OS6. I even retired an RN516 in favor of one (though it's a very powerful rack-mount unit).
I am happy to be able to share such a great experience.
It is awesome that I have to ability to perform such an easy automated update to OS6
The Ultra 2 Plus is still in new condition and moving up to the new OS version, as you said, gives it life for years to come.
I remember looking into the migration from 4to6 a few years back and it was no so straight forward, I just never made the time to do the job.
I am glad I waited, two simple files loaded and a couple of reboots, seems quite easy to accomplish. No doubt a result of some hard work from folks like you and StephenB.
I'll post back with upgrade results once completed. I know the community will be here if I have issues.
John
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