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What is the largest hard drive I can put in a Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition?
What is the largest hard drive I can put in a Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition? I think it uses XRAID 2( not 1). I did a superficial search and I think I saw something about a 16GB volum...
StephenB wrote:
miogpsrocks wrote:How much larger HD have people put in this system?
As far as I can see from posts here, almost all users going above 4 TB drives are choosing to switch to OS 6. The expansion limitations of the OS 4.2 XRAID implementation are too limiting when you have large drives.
With OS6 running on the Pro, several posters have used 8 TB drives. I don't recall 10 TB off hand, but there's no technical reason it wouldn't work.
When you say " switch to OS6" do you mean buy a new readynas System that has OS6 on it or do you mean upgrade the software from XRAID2 to OS6?
If you mean the second one, I was completely unaware that it was possible to load different software on the readynas than was already there. How would I go about doing that?
Thanks.
Well you could do either;
a) buy a new readynas with OS6 already installed
b) convert your legacy readynas to OS6, *NOTE* this requires a factory default, so you would need to completely back up all data, convert your readynas, then restore your data and and reinstall/reconfigure any apps you have loaded to the readynas.
There is an old thread with the info on how to upgrade your old nas to OS6, I saw it recently but can't find it at the moment, hopefully someone will post it if they have it or you can search around, or I will update post if I can find it.
here is the thread with necessary links @ https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-in-Business/OS6-upgrade-question-on-legacy-Pro-6/m-p/978971#M3900
again, converting from raidator 4 to OS 6 requires destroying any existing data, so back up everything and make sure you double check because once you lose the originals, they are gone baby gone.
TeknoJnky wrote:Well you could do either;
a) buy a new readynas with OS6 already installed
b) convert your legacy readynas to OS6, *NOTE* this requires a factory default, so you would need to completely back up all data, convert your readynas, then restore your data and and reinstall/reconfigure any apps you have loaded to the readynas.
There is an old thread with the info on how to upgrade your old nas to OS6, I saw it recently but can't find it at the moment, hopefully someone will post it if they have it or you can search around, or I will update post if I can find it.
@ here is the thread with necessary links @ https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-in-Business/OS6-upgrade-question-on-legacy-Pro-6/m-p/978971#M3900
again, converting from raidator 4 to OS 6 requires destroying any existing data, so back up everything and make sure you double check because once you lose the originals, they are gone baby gone.
Only ones that are using XRAID2 right? The XRAID 1 are still stuck on the firmware?
Well, you must have an x86 device for the os6 upgrade, which a pro pioneer is.
TeknoJnky wrote:
Well, you must have an x86 device for the os6 upgrade, which a pro pioneer is.
a 64 bit x86 device - which a pro pioneer is.
The NVX is a 32 bit x86 ReadyNAS, and it cannot be upgraded to OS6.
RAID format isn't relevant, because the disks are completely wiped and reformatted as part of the conversion.
Here is the info on migrating to OS6, it relates to an Ultra 4 but is equally relevant to the Pro Pioneer
NASguru posted this
All, I just wanted to report back that I followed through with the steps and was able to successfully upgrade my Ultra 4 to OS6. As instructed, I first update my BIOS using the following link http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin In case anyone missed it, that is done using the ADD-ON tab and NOT the firmware tab. It does require a reboot to become effective though. After that, I confirmed my before/after BIOS just to make sure:
Old BIOS:
09/20/2010 ReadyNAS-NVX-V2 V1.9
New BIOS:
08/23/2011 ReadyNAS-NVX-V2 V1.10
I then followed the instructions posted by @StephenB
Basic instructions are
BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP
Download PREP4TOR6_0.1-x86.bin
Upload it using the ReadyNAS web gui firmware update, but do not reboot afterwards (avoids the need to do manual factory resets)
Download R4toR6_latest.bin
Upload it using the ReadyNAS web gui firmware update
After you upload the addon/firmware and reboot, it will update the firmware and start a factory default.
As you can see it does a factory default, so all data on the NAS will be lost.I should mention that after uploading the R4toR6 it literally jumps you to the system/shutdown tab where you have to select shutdown/reboot and hit apply to complete the upgrade. I also watched the LCD screen on the front and within the first 10-20 seconds it showed ERR: Could not properly extract. It then went to Booting with a percentage followed by a bar, rebooted again showed Factory Rest and then Installing FW X-RAID2 Mode. It then showed Booting...XX% bar graph one more time before showing ReadyNAS Ultra 4 6.6.0 and entering the Rsync data setting.
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