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Upgrade 1, upgrade all, or junk it
I have a less than two-year old ReadyNAS (516) with four 4TB drives and all is well. I also have a seven-year old ReadyNAS ProBusiness Edition. I have been using the older model to back up the newer ...
- You may not need to yet. The count is pretty low and not climbing rapidly.
- This is a backup unit. You can replace all the disks if you want, but I don't think you need to. Though a conservative approach would be to replace all the disks considering their age.
- We'd love it if you got a new unit, but I don't think you need to yet. Using the Pro as a backup unit I'd probably run it till it dies at this stage. It could be that a fan in it needs replacing, but replacing it would be at your own risk. Having said that having two units running the same OS and both supported to run that OS would have its advantages. Your patience, in waiting rather than just replacing the unit unnecessarily months ago may have already paid off. We have just released two new models, namely the RN526X and RN626X which both have two 10GBASE-T ports. I would look into those if you decide to get a new unit, or perhaps another RN516.
We expect to release RAIDiator-x86 4.2.30 soon with some security fixes.
Thank you for your insight. You have hit upon all of my concerns. I know that the sector count is not rising rapidly, but it's still a little unsettling. Yet, it is a backup unit.
The fact that you are releasing a new version of the OS is certainly encouraging.
I saw the promo on your new units and the specs are impressive. One is not in the budget at this time, but it's good to see Netgear continuing to develop these kinds of storage products. Plus, with Amazon's 1 or 2 day shipping, should the drive fail, I can replace it when I need to with little down time.
So, again, thank you for your rapid and helpful reply.
Why don't you upgrade the Pro to OS6, which I assume is running on your 516 ?
Yes, I’m running OS 6.5.1 on my 516.
I have a couple of questions about your suggestion. First, what would the benefits (and downsides) be to upgrading the 6310 ProBusiness to OS6? And, if I do the upgrade:
- The last time I looked, OS6 was designed for the newer ReadyNASs. Have they changed it to work on the older NASs?
- Will the upgade delete all the data on it?
- Which version of OS6 do I download to do the upgrade?
- How much time does it take to do the upgrade?
Thank you.
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