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Restart a ReadyNAS NV+ RND4000 after many years of downtime
Hi folks,
after many years of downtime I try to reactivate my NV+ (RND4000) NAS server for nostalgic reasons. I took it out of service after some big trouble with the firmware of the seagate Barrac...
4.1.13 should work with 2 TB disks, but still you should upgrade to the current firmware, which is 4.1.16. You can try the check-for-updates feature in the web ui, or you can download it manually from here: https://kb.netgear.com/000038792/RAIDiator-Version-4-1-16-Sparc
If you do a manual install, then you need to unzip the download and install the binary image. Installing the zip file won't work.
Documentation for your NAS is found here: https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RND4000v1_(ReadyNAS_NV_plus_v1).aspx
Although you didn't ask about disks, I do want to point out that the hardware compatability list for your NAS hasn't been updated in many years now. The best option is to use a NAS-purposed drive (the 2 TB WDC Red or Seagate Ironwolf). Enterprise-class drives are overkill, your NAS isn't fast enough to take advantage of them. I don't recommend using desktop-class drives in any NAS.
Also, if you are using the NAS with Windows 10... Microsoft is deprecating the SMB 1.0 client that is needed to access the NAS through file explorer. You can manually enable it - try entering "turn windows features on or off" in the windows search bar.
My own NV+ is still in service btw - though I am only using it as a secondary backup. I plan to continue to run it until it fails, but I won't invest more money in it. It's been very reliable for me, but it's capacity and performance isn't enough anymore.
With your help so far this has not been too much work. Many thanks for that.
Checking the disks one by one seems quite boring to me. I failed with this before when trying to rescue the Barracudas several years ago. I once bought such a USB adaptor, because I don't have a desktop with SATA slots at hand. All my computers are notebooks since that time and none of them has a 3,5" hard drive - what a pitty!
After the file upload there was a request button whether I really want to do a system update. Yepp, that was my intention.
Now I'm booting with drives 2+3+4 and the RAIDiator-4.1.16 file uploaded to the ReadyNAS. It says "Booting..." and "Updating FW". Seems this went nicely so far. Sure, this device is not very quick in everything it does. But this is the "nostalgic factor".
After 6 minutes the fan becomes louder and "Please wait" is in the display". Still also "Booting...". Then the "Please wait" disappears and the fan still goes max for another 3 minutes. Now the fan slows down.
Meanwhile I updated RAIDar from 4.1.4 to 4.3.8 and hope this is compatible with Win XP.
Of course it throws a message "No JVM could be found on your system. Please define EXE4J_JAVA_HOME to point to an installed 32-bit JDK or JRE or download a JRE from www.java.com"
I do what? Well, let's see where this leads me to. Did I mention, that I'm not a gamer at all? This is not fun at all to me. I need my time for better things.
No. ORACLE bothers me with some stupid license agreements when I try to click that link. I stop that and go ahead with the old RAIDar 4.1.4, which seemed to be ok so far. I'm fed up with ORACLE for a lifetime. I had to negotiate license agreements with them for my company. Their behavior was unbelievable. I don't support them whereever I can. They literally do nothing for me and want to get paid for that. That's no business. That's blackmailing. Companies like that ought to be wiped off that planet.
I understand your point, but that download is free, you are merely being requested to acknowledge the license usage conditions
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