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swapping drives from a rn 214 over to a rn104
Hi all! after fighting with a Sans Digital NAS, that nearly litterally cooked a couple drives they got so hot, I aquired an RN104 to compliment my existing rn214. I was not able to find a...
cool, so make sure they are both running the same OS version. If not upgrade them (or the one not running the latest version), then I can swap the drives over, nice.
yah I'll jsut be using the 104 to serve up files for my plex server that will connect to it via UNC path. the only 214 I could find was like $450 on ebay, and I didn't want to pay that much for it as I bought this one for $250 filled with drives LOL. The 104 was less than what I paid for the 214 so I jumped on it.
I'll keep my eyes out for a 214 though, I really like it.
but you said I can swap into a 6bay or 8bay as well huh? nice I'll keep my eyes open for one of them.
quick question, if I get a 6 bay, can I expand the raid5 array just by adding 2 additional drives? or do I have to rebuild the entgire array then restore from backup?
thanks!
Mike B
exibar wrote:
quick question, if I get a 6 bay, can I expand the raid5 array just by adding 2 additional drives?
Yes.
As long as you're just using the 104 for file storage, not the Plex server itself, I think you'll find it quite adequate. The price you saw for the 214 is about typical right now, there being no new stock of ReadyNAS. Some are asking really exorbitant prices, but I suspect they never actually sell. Since you are in no hurry, you can continue to wait for one that's lower priced. You just need to jump quickly before it's gone.
BTW, in the category of NAS running OS6 that will work, that includes legacy machines upgraded to OS6. Even an Ultra4 (with memory upgraded to 2GB) will out-perform a 104 in most tasks. One exception is that it has no USB3.
BTW, in the category of NAS running OS6 that will work, that includes legacy machines upgraded to OS6. Even an Ultra4 (with memory upgraded to 2GB) will out-perform a 104 in most tasks. One exception is that it has no USB3.
My main issue with the older NAS's is that they do not seem to support 8TB or larger drives. Have you successfully been able to use larger than 4TB drives in an Ultra4? or an NV+ ?
I do see a fairly inexpenxive rndp6000 6-Bay ReadyNas Pro6, would I be able to run 8TB drives on that? and would it be better than the 104 or close to the 214?
thanks!
Mike B
exibar wrote:
My main issue with the older NAS's is that they do not seem to support 8TB or larger drives. Have you successfully been able to use larger than 4TB drives in an Ultra4? or an NV+ ?
I do see a fairly inexpenxive rndp6000 6-Bay ReadyNas Pro6, would I be able to run 8TB drives on that? and would it be better
One thing to keep in mind is that Netgear normally specs capacity using the largest compatible drives on the market when the NAS is released. They don't update their datasheets as larger drives come onto the market. The hardware compatibility lists are also neglected for older ReadyNAS (and honestly, Netgear is slow to update them for the most recent platforms).
Sparc-based ReadyNAS running 4.1.x firmware (NV+ v1 and Duo v1) are limited to 2 TB disks, in part because they do not support GPT formatting. They cannot be converted to run other firmware.
The Arm-based 5.x firmware systems (Duo v1, and NV+ v2) also cannot be converted to run other firmware. Disks can be bigger than 4 TB, but there are limitations.
- The maximum volume size is 16 TiB
- a volume cannot grow more than 8 TiB larger than its initial size
x86 legacy NAS that are still running 4.2.31 also have these limitations. However, these are both software limitations, and if they are converted to run OS 6, then both limitations are removed. Users who have converted their Pro and Ultra systems have successfully used much larger disks (and like other OS-6 systems, there is no known limit to the disk size, and no practical limit to the volume size).
Other posters have confirmed that 14 TB drives will work in converted Pro-6 systems, and there is no reason to think that they won't work in converted Ultras.My own Pro-6 is converted to run OS-6, and currently uses 3x8+3x3 TB X-RAID.
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