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I have a ReadyNAS NVX. I replaced the PSU twice all ready. I am looking into upgrading to a newer unit. I use the NAS to backup our family's computers and to stream hd movies from. Would the ReadyNAS 214 be a good upgrade? Is the ReadyNAS 214 reaching it's end?
In that case the RN214 would be a good choice. You could get new disks for it and use backup jobs to copy your data across to the new NAS.
Some video may not be in the right format or need subtitles burned in and need to be transcoded on the fly. You should consider whether or not you need that.
If you want transcoding (convert media on the fly so that it can be streamed to a client device) it can transcode some 1080p down to a fixed resolution of 480p.
We have newer models than the RN214 i.e. the RN422, RN424, RN524X, RN526X, RN626X, RN528X and RN628X.
If you want a newer model you may wish to consider those as well. The 520 series and 620 series have very, very powerful CPUs and are a good choice for those that want to be able to transcode 1080p to higher quality than 480p.
In that case the RN214 would be a good choice. You could get new disks for it and use backup jobs to copy your data across to the new NAS.
Some video may not be in the right format or need subtitles burned in and need to be transcoded on the fly. You should consider whether or not you need that.
If you want transcoding (convert media on the fly so that it can be streamed to a client device) it can transcode some 1080p down to a fixed resolution of 480p.
We have newer models than the RN214 i.e. the RN422, RN424, RN524X, RN526X, RN626X, RN528X and RN628X.
If you want a newer model you may wish to consider those as well. The 520 series and 620 series have very, very powerful CPUs and are a good choice for those that want to be able to transcode 1080p to higher quality than 480p.
Spec sheets are written with current information at a point in time.
If 10TB disks are on the list for e.g. the RN214 unless otherwise noted you could use 4x10TB disks in a 4-bay, yes. So you could have a 40TB volume before redundancy, overheads and considering the base used for measuring space . Using X-RAID the capacity of the largest disk would be used for redundancy so you'd have 30TB (base 10) which is approximately 27TiB (base 2) before overheads. We use the base 2 figure in the web admin interface. Macs on recent versions of OS X would use base 10 in the Finder.
For a new setup I would put one disk in, update the firmware, verify the update is successful, put the rest of the disks in and do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything). Following these steps would give you a clean setup on the new firmware.
I have a ReadyNAS NV+ filled with 2tb disks. It makes a lot of noise and seems underpowered and inefficient for what I need nowadays. Can I buy a diskless 4 bay newer ReadyNAS and just drop in my current disks?
The data from the old NAS won't be readable by the new NAS as they are on completely different architecture (the new NAS won't be to read what's on the old HDDs). You'll have to perform a full backup, double check integrity of the backup, wipe the disks by performing a Factory Default on the new NAS with the old HDDs for a fresh install. That said, if your HDDs are old, that may not be the "best" solution. Instead, you could use your old NV+ as a backup that's powered on only during the night (doing the backups), and purchase new HDDs along with the new NAS.
