setting up ReadyNAS Duo

[n-gear-passion]

I don't have much interest in the NAS features... it's more a 2-bay DAS I want but lots of these pop up on eBay for not a lot of money and I'm wondering if I can make it work for me.

I'm using a Linux command-line based server and at the moment I have an external USB HDD for my files. I just mount the drive and store data. When I want to do a backup I mount a second USB HDD and rsync the backup. I'm hoping to be able to do the same in the future but instead of having two drives with two USB cables and two power adapters I'd like it all under the same hood. 

Can these devices be setup simply as JBOD such that I can mount them like external drives? If I have to connect using ethernet can I simply type an IP address into a browser and configure them as SMB or NFS (or something) using a WebUI?

The ones I keep seeing on eBay are RND2000, RND2110, RND4210, etc. 

Thank you for any help!

[StephenB]

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@n-gear-passion wrote:

Can these devices be setup simply as JBOD such that I can mount them like external drives?

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They can be set up as JBOD, but you do need to connect to the shares via ethernet.

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@n-gear-passion wrote:

If I have to connect using ethernet can I simply type an IP address into a browser and configure them as SMB or NFS (or something) using a WebUI?

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You can connect over ethernet using the IP address.

But I'm thinking that a USB-3 multibay enclosure might be a better fit for what you are looking for.

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@n-gear-passion wrote:

The ones I keep seeing on eBay are RND2000, RND2110, RND4210, etc. 

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There are four different groups of ReadyNAS -

1. sparc based models running 4.1.x firmware
2. intel based models running 4.2.x firmware
3. arm based models running 5.3.x firmware
4. arm and intel models running 6.x firmware

The models you are quoting are the sparc-based NAS - discontinued back in 2011.  Speeds over the network are similar to USB-2 hard drives maybe 20-30 MB/s.