I don't work at NetGear so I could only make a guess (which would probably be wrong). I read on the forum that 6.1.5 was due to be released this week (but as always that is subject to it passing QA testing so there could be delays). See http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=411761#p411761
A factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) would not be required, but would be a good idea if you have the time to get a filesystem that has been created with better parameters. I plan on doing a factory default on all my systems that run ReadyNAS OS 6 after the update.
Yes, that's where I read about the release this week. 6.1.4 was released on a Monday so I was hoping you were about to post an announcement on the forums, I do realise you don't work for them. I'm planning to factory default too and have a couple of days suitable for this now, hence my impatience.
... A factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) would not be required, but would be a good idea if you have the time to get a filesystem that has been created with better parameters. I plan on doing a factory default on all my systems that run ReadyNAS OS 6 after the update.
Do you have any idea what those better parameter are going to be? Still btrfs?
Just curious so I know if I should create a new complete backup set up my existing NAS.
With linux there are only a few things mandatory. But if BTRFS block size has to be changed, then the volume will have to be formatted to take advantage of this (the block size being handled when formatting only). That said, you can always send some commands to avoid losing data by creating another volume and then migrate the data from one volume to another. If the patch has nothing to do with the block size but only updates kernel and utils, then no format is needed IMO. Either way, I'm eagerly waiting for the update to be able to use my NAS as I planned to when buying it.
*crosses fingers* I'm basically dead in the water as well with our RN516 units as well. Well, one is literally dead in the water as it's been air lifted to Netgear support. There other are just sitting in a raft with life support. 🙂
Then you just miss the fire extinguishers and a really big fan to simulate a tropical storm 😉
I just don't understand why it takes that much time to compile a new kernel for two arch, update the utilities via apt-get, change the mkfs parameters when resetting, quickly test and upload this. It would fix everything after a reset. I believe one could do this in less than 6hours. Let's make it a week for extensive testing. I hope there is more in the update than this fix. If this update isn't here by early january, I'll seriously think about patching this myself...
