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Questions about the ReadyNAS 424
I am new here and am concidering getting a Netgear ReadyNAS 424. I currentley have a Asustor AS-5004T and want to upgrade it to something better what must incldude native windows based File versioning support (Previous Versions) for SMB shares held on the NAS. My current setup is as follows, I have 2 x 6TB WD Red Pro HDD's inside my exsiting NAS box confiqured in RAID 1 along with a 4TB Red Pro drive used for weekley archiving. I also have a another 6TB WD Red Pro HDD inside my Windows 2016 Essentials rack server what acts as a backup to my main 6TB RAID 1 array. I have a few questions about the ReadyNAS 424, and hopefully those reading will be able to ansewer for me. 1) Can the RAM on the ReadyNAS 424 be upgradded, and if so to how much and what type? I have 8GB in my AS-5004T at the moment and is of the 1600MHz DDR3L SO-DIMM type. (Will 2GB be enough!? , my NAS is my main storage for daily usage and not just a backup/archive) 2) At what level does the ReadyNAS 424 support DFS and file versioning. I would like it to idealy integrate with the DFS capabilitys of Windows Server and have the 6TB drive inside my Rack Server cross syncronise the SMB shares on the ReadyNAS 424 ? 3) Does the ReadyNAS 424 support 802.3AD link aggregation? (I have a Draytek VigorSwitch P2261) 4) How reliable is the ReadyNAS 424?, I am allways having reliability isues with SMB shares shared via UPnP on my Asustor NAS box to my Denon network audio streamer that is part of my Hi-Fi. Sometimes it works fine, othertimes my Denon network audio streamer cannot see the shares on my Asustor NAS box! (All hard wired, no Wi-Fi or Mains LAN senders) 5) Does the ReadyNAS 424 support share/folder encryption what has to be unlocked by a password on starting the unit up. (In case the unit gets stolen.) Also, below suggests that ReadyNAS OS6 supports DFS, what I thought was a proprietary technology to Windows and was not available on Linux based NAS boxes? https://kb.netgear.com/23090/How-do-I-use-DFS-feature-on-the-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system Lastly , anythoughts on the ReadyNAS 424 in general? Regards: Elliott.RN102 Admin page & SMB/AFP shares offline
I recently upgraded the system to firmware 6.7.5 from 6.7.2 I've been having lots of problems since V6.7.x with Readycloud access so decided to disconnect the device from ReadyCloud & re-Discover it & set it up again (expecting to retain all data & AFP/SMB shares) The Admin page refuses to show & is always reported as "offline" whether I try from inside ReadyCloud page or direct from a PC or iPad browser. Sometimes it even says I am not on the same network ! I have seen a moderator say in reply to another post that 1GB RAM is now not really enough. My system has only 512MB. Questions are :- 1/ how to get to the Admin Page 2/ can the RAM be increased ? Hoping someone can help !! Thanks in advance.3.2KViews0likes4CommentsReadyNAS 4312 Hardware That Works
Just wanted to share what I have found does or doesn't work when you put it in a ReadyNAS 4312. Tested with a fresh factory reset on 6.7.5 NICs You can add additional SFP+ or ethernet ports with network cards. These additional ports show up as new interfaces in the "Network" menu on the web interface. I have tested the following network cards: 10GTek Intel X520-DA2 Dual SFP+ 10 gigabit card: Works! (Plug and Play) 10GTek Intel X540-T2 Dual 10Gbe dual ethernet card: Works! (Plug and Play) HP 10Gb Mellanox ConnectX-2 single SFP+ (you can get these around $20 or less online): Did not work! (not very good at driver compilation, someone more advanced at Linux than me might be able to come up with a guide for these) NVMe Card (would be terrific if Netgear could implement some kind of SSD Cache Tiering feature...) Samsung EVO 960 250GB directly plugged into the mPCIe slot on the motherboard: Did not work! Samsung EVO 960 250GB plugged into an ASUS Hyper M.2 x4 Mini Card: Works! (Plug and Play, you can see and format it as /dev/nvme0n1) SATA If you open the chassis and remove the CPU vent hood, there are two working SATA ports on the motherboard. There are two areas inside the chassis where you could mount a 2.5" drive, and there are two SATA power and two 4-pin molex power connectors inside. I would not recommend doing a factory reset and having drives plugged into those onboard ports. They will get added to the same array as the drives in the NAS's bays and they show up weird in the web interface. You cannot start the NAS without at least one drive in the regular 12 hotswap bays and that's true even if you put a internal drive on one of these 2 internal SATA ports. RAM I haven't actually tested putting any additional RAM personally. There's 2 slots occupied by Trascend-branded 8GB of Unregistered ECC DDR4-2133 RAM for a total of 16GB. The official specs sheet for the 4312 and 3312 say it can be upgraded to 64GB of RAM. I suppose you would have to replace the existing 8GB UDIMMs with 4 x 16GB sticks.
Looking to upgrade RAM on my Ultra 2 - is 2GB or 4GB possible?
I have just managed to upgrade my Ultra 2 to OS6.6.1 and now I'm looking to see if it's worth boosting the RAM. Just to confirm, the D425 Atom processor in my Ultra 2, will work with 4GB of RAM (Intel spec) but is that only in a 2 x 2GB configuration? I realise the Ultra 2 only has one slot but will it work with one 4GB stick of RAM? Whether it works with 2GB or 4GB, is there a guide for what type of RAM I need to get? Thank you.
