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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 ...
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.
First, I see no reason to take the Pro Business out of service. It's a perfectly fine backup unit. I'd run it until it fails.
everytime wrote:
1. The last time I looked, OS6 was designed for the newer ReadyNASs. Have they changed it to work on the older NASs?Netgear doesn't support OS6 on 4.2.x systems, but in fact you can switch if you are using pro/ultra. The NVX won't work (because it uses a 32 bit CPU).There is guidance here on the steps.
One benefit is that the expansion limits that apply to OS 4.2 (16 TiB max volume and 8 TiB growth limit) do not apply to OS 6. Another likely benefit for you is that you might be able to use the new ReadyDR backup tools - that depends on whether the OS recognizes your pro business as a "business model".
The drawback is the lack of support. Netgear has fixed platform specific bugs so far (mostly fan related), but there is no guarantee that will continue.
My pro-6 is still running 4.2.x - if I need to do a reset for other reason I'll likely switch. But I see no need to rush it.
everytime wrote:
2. Will the upgrade delete all the data on it?Yes, the process includes a factory reset.
everytime wrote:
3. Which version of OS6 do I download to do the upgrade?
4. How much time does it take to do the upgrade?
There are two binaries that need to be installed (perhaps a third if your bios is out of date). There are links in other threads.
The bulk of the time is re-building the raid array and restoring all the data from backup. Likely a week of calendar time if you are are running 6x3TB single redundancy.
Surely another benefit is running an OS which is currently supported and not at/near EOL as well as OS6 on both NAS.
The procedure is:-
1- Backup all your data since the upgrade will factory reset everything and wipe the data
2- Download PREP4TOR6_0.1-x86.bin
3- Install it like an add-on, then DON'T REBOOT yet.
4- Download R4toR6_latest.bin
5- Install it like a normal firmware upgrade. At reboot, it will install OS6 6.5.2, it will take some time (10-15mins) so no worries. You can check when your ReadyNAS is ready with Raidator, as usual.
6- Restore your data (or setup/run a Backup from your 516, perhaps using the new feature ReadyDR as Stephen mentions)
N.B. You are one release behind on your 516
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