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RNDP6310-100NAS How to increase the minimum system fan speed
I have a ReadyNAS Pro Business edition (2008 edition) with 8GB RAM and 6x6tB drives installed. Just upgraded the CPU to E7600 with no issues. Even before I upgraded the CPU, the system temperatur...
Cleaning everything ot can help, but I suspected you did that when you replaced the CPU, so didn't mention it.
For me, OS6 seems to do a better job controlling everything than 4.2.x. Have you considered doing that?
This is what works for OS6. Not sure itf it's applcable to 4.2.x:
# echo 1000 > /etc/frontview/min_fan_speed_override
# systemctl restart readynasd
I should note that my original post assumes that increasing the system fan speed is the only way to address the system temperature issue. I could be wrong. If there are other ways to achieve the same effect, I’d like to know those as they may be better solutions.
Thanks
Cleaning everything ot can help, but I suspected you did that when you replaced the CPU, so didn't mention it.
For me, OS6 seems to do a better job controlling everything than 4.2.x. Have you considered doing that?
This is what works for OS6. Not sure itf it's applcable to 4.2.x:
# echo 1000 > /etc/frontview/min_fan_speed_override
# systemctl restart readynasd
- I intend to try the update to OS6 later. But there’s a lot to that and it’s more than I want to attempt right now.
Thanks for the tip above. Before I try it, I am curious to know if anyone else has done this on OS 4.2 successfully. If someone has, please respond to this thread. Thanks.
Reason: I’m a novice at Linux and do not want to take the chance of creating a problem for me to fix. But if someone has done it successfully on OS4.2, then at least I know I’m working towards something that is known to work. After a little more reading here, I think I'm changing my mind about doing the upgrade from OS 4.2.31 to OS 6. It may not be as complicated as I was expecting. ATM, I'm checking it out before taking the plunge.
I noticed Yoda1492's post from 2016 about an upgrade from OS 4.2.30 to OS 6, though that was for a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 and I have a ReadyNAS Pro Business (RNDP6000-100NAS) with 4.2.31 firmware installed. Don't know if this makes any difference. I also noticed StephenB's procedure for the upgrade (thank you!), which looks straight-forward enough. But a few years have passed and I have a few questions to ask and would love to take advantage of the community knowledge here.
- Is the procedure StephenB outlined in 2016 still the best approach given my hardware? I've downloaded the two .bin files referenced in his reply to Yoda1492, and one has been updated to 6.9.5. I also noticed that the current release of OS6 is 6.10.1 I believe. Perhaps it's just an upgrade after the conversion?
PREP4TO6_0.1-x86.bin
R4toR6_6.9.5.bin - StephenB's 2016 post mentions some problems in OS6 with temperature and fan monitoring/control, but at the time thought they might be fixed in a then-upcoming release. Have those issues been fixed in 6.9.5 or the latest release? I'm assuming that just after the conversion, I'll be able to update to the latest release. If so, then any issues in 6.9.5 may be moot unless they prevent the update.
- I'm currently running Logitech Media Service to play music all over the house. I noticed (somewhere) that there is a version of LMS ported to OS 6. Is there a written procedure on how to migrate (or reinstall) LMS on OS6? Are there any known issues running it on OS6?
- All my data is currently backed up on WD MyBooks. What's the best way to restore the data from the MyBooks back to the NAS once the conversion is done? Are there similar backup jobs on OS6 that I could create and use, or would it be a manual copy from the MyBook to the NAS?
- Anything else I overlooked above but should be prepared for?
Thanks for your help!
DavidOne consideration is that OS-6 supports SMB 3.
Deal wrote:
I've downloaded the two .bin files referenced in his reply to Yoda1492, and one has been updated to 6.9.5. I also noticed that the current release of OS6 is 6.10.1 I believe. Perhaps it's just an upgrade after the conversion?
Correct. No one has rebuilt the second bin to 6.10.x. You just upgrade the firmware (using the normal check for updates).
Deal wrote:
Are there similar backup jobs on OS6 that I could create and use, or would it be a manual copy from the MyBook to the NAS?Yes, OS-6 supports the same backup job options as OS 4.
I've only seen a couple users still reporting fan issues with OS6 on a Pro. But all the problems were fixed for me, and I've updated 2 ProBE's, 2 Pro6, 3 Pro2, 1 Ultra6Plus, one Ultra6, one Ultra4Plus, one Ultra4, and two 4200V2s for myself and others. Some Pro's did come with the CPU fan conencted differently, though mine didn't, and those might still have an issue -- I really don't know. If your CPU fan is plugged in next to the CPU, not on the daughterboard, then you don't have that configuration.
I also updated a ReadyData 5200, which does have issues. The BIOS controls the fan speed, not the OS. At least, it does if you move the fan connections to the motherboard instead of the SAS backplane, where they run full blast all the time. It's odd, since the RD5200 has the same motherboard as the RN4200V2, and it works right on the 4200.
Another huge advantage of going to OS6 is that you can then move your drives straight from the Pro to a new ReadyNAS if the Pro dies. You get to choose when to back up your data and move it to OS6, it isn't dictated by a hardware failure.
- Is the procedure StephenB outlined in 2016 still the best approach given my hardware? I've downloaded the two .bin files referenced in his reply to Yoda1492, and one has been updated to 6.9.5. I also noticed that the current release of OS6 is 6.10.1 I believe. Perhaps it's just an upgrade after the conversion?
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