Re: OS 6.4 Experience on Legacy Hardware

spiderman1 · ‎2015-10-11

Just for the record, here is my performance page. Seems that everything seems to be working ok.

I wonder if any of you in the community running legacy hardware with moded CPUs (i.e. Q6600) are getting similar readings?

Moreover, I have tried copying, backing up, cloud access, etc. and can report no major issues except for WoL.

BrianL2 · ‎2015-10-11

Hi spiderman1,

Thanks for sharing! Other members who are using 6.4 on their Legacy units will feel happy and confident once they found this post. I saw that you have another thread where the WoL issue was discussed. I somewhat agree that the problem could be the NIC driver of the unit but let's wait and hear from other members who are using the same PRO 6 model.

Kind regards,

BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team

viperhansa · ‎2015-10-12

I am running 6.3.5 on a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (wich would be the same as Pro 6?) and have no issues so far.

Except i dont have the same level of details on my performance page: 1 Fan, 1 cpu temp and 1 system temp.

have you done any modifications or added anything to get 2 fans and the rest of the info?

regards

Hans

spiderman1 · ‎2015-10-12

I can't give you a reason as to why you are not seeing similar details on your performance page at least a SYSTEM and CPU fan reading graphic -- if this is what you mean.

In order to fix a dead CPU fan graphic that was appearing in the OS interface, I simply added a line to my system.conf file in the sensors.d folder which fixed it. As to the other information on the performance page, it was always there.

I don't know if you should upgrade to 6.4 as of yet a I have issues with WoL. Maybe a future release will fix this problem.

Cheers.

ATCIS · ‎2015-10-12

I'd like to add to this discussion. My original post got moved to an area of the forums that I feel may not be getting the exposure I was hoping for. It's been a few days now and no one has chimed in with a solution as of yet. The thread that I am referring to can be found here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Fan-CPU-in-enclosure-Internal-speed-is-below-th...

F_L_ · ‎2015-10-15

Anyone tried 6.4 on a Ultra 4 yet?

itsjasper · ‎2015-10-15

@viperhansa wrote:
I am running 6.3.5 on a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition (wich would be the same as Pro 6?) and have no issues so far.
Except i dont have the same level of details on my performance page: 1 Fan, 1 cpu temp and 1 system temp.

have you done any modifications or added anything to get 2 fans and the rest of the info?

It is a feature of the 6.4.0 firmware that shows the extra info.

cpu8088 · ‎2015-10-15

i have installed 6.4.0 on an ultra 4 of a friend

it has been running 7 days. no prob or abnormality

KillerBob · ‎2015-10-15

No isses, EXCEPT external Ext4 HDDs in USB caddies will not work following the upgrade... There are two of us now reporting this issue...

F_L_ · ‎2015-10-15

Just upgraded my Ultra 4, seems ok

viperhansa · ‎2015-10-16

Anyone else made the step to 6.4.0 on legacy units?

I have a upgraded RN buissinies pro that runs on 6.3.5 that i'm not sure that i want to upgrade.

Seems like there are some issues here and there on the forum.

F_L_ · ‎2015-10-17

I run it on Ultra 4, seems to be working so far.

viperhansa · ‎2015-10-18

Ok,finally i took the leap of faith and upgraded my 6.3.5 to 6.4.0...

And everything went well, just updated it from frontview.

So far everything that worked before 6.4.0 seems to work now also.

Will update if i run into something fishy.... 😉

// hans

Supertramp11 · ‎2015-10-19

Hi Hans,

Thanks for early adopting 6.4.0.

I also have a ReadyNas 6 Pro which works great with OS 6.3.5, including the fans.

How are the fans on your NAS doing after upgrading to on 6.4.0?

Thanks!!

heliumhel · ‎2015-10-19

updated mine to 6.4 a few weeks ago. Seemed to go ok but when I powered down this last Friday and restarted the device (first time since upgrade completed), it now only gets as far as the "ReadyNAS" LCD display. Doesn't recognize disks being pulled out, won't access boot menu and as far as I can tell the USB recovery hasn't worked yet. I would make sure you have a good backup of your data before proceeding and understand you may end up with a brick.

viperhansa · ‎2015-10-20

I have done several restarts and gone thru most of the functions on my 6.4.0 and so far i dont see anything that indicates a problem with my NAS.

walshlink · ‎2015-10-23

Model: ReadyNAS Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200)
Upgraded CPU: Intel Xeon X3230
Memory: 4 GB
HDD: 4x Hitachi 2TB
Upgraded System Fan: Noctua NF-P12 PWM - 120mm
Upgraded CPU Fan: Noctua NF-R8 PWM - 80mm

OS: 6.4.0

CPU temp sit around 48C idle and shown in performance tab.

I have not seen any issues other than SMB shares accessed from OSX (El Capitan, 10.11.1) disconnecting after long periods of time.

Jophus · ‎2015-10-28

My Ultra 6 on 6.4.0 upgraded and works flawlessly. My RN102 2-bay ARM model will not shut down gracefully. This is affecting a number of people

It works better on legacy than the modern replacements.

ksalno · ‎2015-11-01

I have an Ultra 6 Plus that I am ready to upgrade from 4.2.27. Can I go straight to 6.4?

Is there a more recent set of instructions? The ones I've found have links to download files but the links are broken and the instructions were written for ver 6.1. I'm looking for something more current without having to read 125 pages in that thread.

TIA

Karl

paalj · ‎2015-11-22

Hi,

I upgraded to 6.4.0 and later to 6.4.1RC1. on my RN ultra 2. I have to restart every second day or so. The "find" command is filling up my memory and swap file. After 24 hours it is about 300 tasks (50 running) of the "find" command. I did a killall and got a lot of free memory, cpu and only about 180 tasks in "top". After some hours it is building up again. Does anyone know what is going on?

br,

Paal

paalj · ‎2015-11-22

I installed htop and got some more info on the "find" command.

mdgm-ntgr · ‎2015-11-22

@ksalno wrote:

I have an Ultra 6 Plus that I am ready to upgrade from 4.2.27. Can I go straight to 6.4?

Is there a more recent set of instructions? The ones I've found have links to download files but the links are broken and the instructions were written for ver 6.1. I'm looking for something more current without having to read 125 pages in that thread.

TIA

Karl

Yes you can go straight to 6.4. Just need to

1. Backup your data
2. Install the PREP R4 to R6 add-on

3. Install the R4 to R6 firmware image.

Links to the add-on and the R4 to R6 - 6.4.0 firmware image are in the 3rd post of this thread: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/OS6-now-works-on-x86-Legacy-WARNING-NO-NTGR-SUP...

mdgm-ntgr · ‎2015-11-22

@paalj wrote:

I installed htop and got some more info on the "find" command.

You have some apps installed. Perhaps you need to install an update for one or more of those.

paalj · ‎2015-11-23

Thanks mdgm,

I have the latest transmission installed and turned off. I uninstalled it now, but still the "find" command is popping up.

I have one app that Iam not able to remove. It is "DNS server for readynas". Something went wrong in the uninstallation and I am not able to remove it. Maybe this is the problem? how do I remove it in SSH?

br

Paal

paalj · ‎2015-11-23

Ok, I managed to reinstall the app and then uninstall it. Now htop is the only app installed. "find" is still building up and is eating up my memory and cpu...

br,

Paal