ReadyNas Duo v1 firmware upgrade and disk replacement

[Kodamitas]

Hello. I have an old RND2000v1 running 4.1.10. I’m about to replace one disk with a new Seagate Ironwolf 2TB. Thinking I should upgrade the firmware to 4.1.16. Any pros and/or cons to go to the new version? I downloaded the firmware, haven’t tried to upgrade directly from FrontView. Should I upgrade before or after adding the disk? Right now running degraded with just one disk.

[Sandshark]

There have been a number of fixes and security updates.  You can check the release notes here: ReadyNAS_Duo_v1 downloads 

[StephenB]

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@Kodamitas wrote:

Should I upgrade before or after adding the disk? Right now running degraded with just one disk.

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Either way should work, but in your case I'd upgrade afterwards.  Most of the changes after 4.1.10 were security fixes.