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RN214 vs RN314 Questions
Greetings. I have an old (in computer years) ReadyNas Duo and am looking to upgrade to something with greater storage capacity. At present, I am considering the RN214 and RN314. To that end, I ha...
kmmcd wrote:
e) is it better to just plug the two new WD Red 6TB drives into the RN424, format them, create shares, etc., and then copy the old data from the Duo across the network to the new RN424 drives?
Yes. That also allows you to use the Duo for backup.
Note that once the data is migrated, you can do a factory reset on the duo - changing it to flexraid, and creating two RAID-0 volumes (one for each disk). That gives you 4 TB of backup (though it isn't protected from drive failure). I've done this with my own duo.
Using two volumes in the Duo does require you to manual balance storage (choosing which shares to place on which volume). But a single RAID-0 volume will completely fail if either disk fails. I've found balancing the storage isn't that difficult, and it's a lot more robust.
aks wrote:
but I will just say that once the chipset or particular unit falls out of favour with Netgear, they will drop support
We will see what happens of course.
Overall, most of the challenges I am seeing with OS6 support are memory-related, and not chipset related. Out-of-Memory issues on the RN100 series are on the rise. I don't see a good solution there.
And that is simply a fact of progress, complexity increases and so does the need for more memory and/or more horsepower. It's an unfortunate fact that it effectively ends the platforms usefulness.
As I said, I am prepared to give the RN214 a go, afterall, I have been a (somewhat) loyal user for many years. Yes only a small home user, but loyal all the same... except one indiscretion to QNAP :smileyembarrassed:!
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