We have been running a ReadyNAS NV+ with 2 drives (has 4 drive slots available) for the last 8 years without isssue however yesterday it shut down and will not restart so it is time for a new ReadyNAS. How do I move the discs over to a new ReadyNAS without loosing the data and what model does everyone recommend?
It would require remote assistance from support (we would need to charge for that), and you would need somewhere to backup your data to.
Without knowing what your use case is, I would suggest that the ReadyNAS 314 or perhaps the 316 or 516 if you need more drive bays would be good options.
Is this used for business or for home? What do yo use the NAS for?
I called support today and as it turns out the power supply on the NV+ is under a recall and the fine support staff at Netgear is sending a new power supply. Once I get that installed I will back up the drive(s) to a USB so I can pick up a new unit.
The unit is for our business, it is a backup system for us for Quickbooks, documents, images, etc. We really only need a 2 drive unit so we have RAID redundancy but I would be OK with additional drive options.
Well then in the new models you could look at e.g. RN212, RN312 etc. as well.
I think the RN300 and above will get you to business support, which is a bit different than home support (esp. on weekends, etc). There are also some features coming out that are limited to the "business" NAS - ReadyDR backup for example.
If you can afford it, I'd go with a 4-bay unit (leaving two empty bays), which will give you the most cost-effective expansion later on.
More help needed. I plugged in a 4TB USB drive and it appears it neads to be formatted to work with the NAS. Oddly the NAS displays the drive as "2048 GB".
I attempted using the FAT32 and that came back with this message in my email "Error making FAT32 filesystem on the USB device. [USB_HDD_1]" .
I have another option, format EXT3 that I am trying now.
If this doesn't work, is the maximum size the NAS accepts is a 2TB based on what it is showing? If so that makes me think I should partiion and format the drive on a Windows computer.
