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ReadyNas NV XRAID. Time for Expansion but a couple Questions
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2011-08-16
06:09 PM
2011-08-16
06:09 PM
ReadyNas NV XRAID. Time for Expansion but a couple Questions
I have a Readynas NV XRAID, so its definitely an "older" unit. It has 4x750GB drives. FIrmware version 4.14 [1.00a042]. Memory 256GB [2.5-3-3-7]
My questions are
1. I'd like to expand the drives capacity, but I don't want to have to format it to do so. I understand I can replace all 4 drives, 1 at a time, and after the 4th it will have a larger capacity, but I'm not sure of what version of firmware my unit was originally set with so I'm not sure if I can go beyond 750GB drives without wiping it first.
2. How will the unit perform with WD Caviar Green Drives. I would like them b/c my drives heat up as the unit is in a hot area but wanted feedback on them first.
3. My firmware is 4.1.4 but when I click on check for updates, nothing happens, and I read there was a 4.1.7 update out there. Any thoughts on this?
Thanks
My questions are
1. I'd like to expand the drives capacity, but I don't want to have to format it to do so. I understand I can replace all 4 drives, 1 at a time, and after the 4th it will have a larger capacity, but I'm not sure of what version of firmware my unit was originally set with so I'm not sure if I can go beyond 750GB drives without wiping it first.
2. How will the unit perform with WD Caviar Green Drives. I would like them b/c my drives heat up as the unit is in a hot area but wanted feedback on them first.
3. My firmware is 4.1.4 but when I click on check for updates, nothing happens, and I read there was a 4.1.7 update out there. Any thoughts on this?
Thanks
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2011-08-16
06:16 PM
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Re: ReadyNas NV XRAID. Time for Expansion but a couple Quest
mikeap wrote:
1. I'd like to expand the drives capacity, but I don't want to have to format it to do so. I understand I can replace all 4 drives, 1 at a time, and after the 4th it will have a larger capacity, but I'm not sure of what version of firmware my unit was originally set with so I'm not sure if I can go beyond 750GB drives without wiping it first.
You'll need to check the block size of your volume (see Why you might want to factory reset a Sparc ReadyNAS) . If you have the 4k block size you will need to do a factory reset
mikeap wrote:
2. How will the unit perform with WD Caviar Green Drives. I would like them b/c my drives heat up as the unit is in a hot area but wanted feedback on them first.
Pretty much any WD Caviar Green 2TB drive is going to be a 4k sector disk (if you don't do a factory reset after upgrading to 4.1.7 you will likely encounter poor write performance). Some of the lower capacity ones may be 4k sector disks as well.
mikeap wrote:
3. My firmware is 4.1.4 but when I click on check for updates, nothing happens, and I read there was a 4.1.7 update out there. Any thoughts on this?
Sounds like there may be a problem with your settings under Network > Global Settings in Frontview. You can manually install the update as described in the RAIDiator 4.1.7 Release Notes
I'd recommend having a read of What to do before expanding your ReadyNAS volume
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2011-08-18
05:09 AM
2011-08-18
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Re: ReadyNas NV XRAID. Time for Expansion but a couple Quest
mikeap wrote: I have a Readynas NV XRAID, so its definitely an "older" unit. It has 4x750GB drives. FIrmware version 4.14 [1.00a042]. Memory 256GB [2.5-3-3-7]
3. My firmware is 4.1.4 but when I click on check for updates, nothing happens, and I read there was a 4.1.7 update out there. Any thoughts on this?
Thanks
I have noticed this happens too, seems to be this only works if using IE as your browser.
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2011-08-18
06:24 AM
2011-08-18
06:24 AM
Re: ReadyNas NV XRAID. Time for Expansion but a couple Quest
You could have a compatibility issue (browser released after RAIDiator version you are running breaking compatibility) perhaps.
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