NetGear RNDU6000 Ultra 6 Bay Gigabit NAS $395 (Free Shipping)

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Store RepComputer Alliance on 07/06/2013 - 17:01 computeralliance.com.au (651 clicks)
Last edited 07/06/2013 - 18:40 by 1 other user

Network Attached Storage with 6 Bays. Excellent as a high capacity SME or home file server, media streaming server, or backup device.

For more information, please see:
http://www.netgear.com.au/home/products/storage/advanced-pro…
http://www.readynas.com/
http://support.netgear.com/product/RNDU6000+$28ReadyNAS+Ultra+6$29
HDD Compatibility List: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641

Reviews:

Offering features such as a rugged six-bay enclosure, auto RAID-expansion, server-quality parts, and top notch build quality, it is hard to find much fault with this NAS.
http://www.storagereview.com/netgear_readynas_ultra_6_review…

ReadyNAS Ultra 6 is clearly a contender for Editors' Choice.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373803,00.asp

Available in shop or with free shipping to most locations Australia wide when mentioning this advertisement. Will also provide free shipping on any HDDs or other equipment bought with the NAS (additional specials available via the link).

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  elitistphoenix on 07/06/2013 - 17:47

  Not to bad. Though can't see if it supports link aggregation. Would probably step up to synology.

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  Joz2988 on 07/06/2013 - 18:45

  +1

  Compatible with 4TB drives?

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    naphman on 07/06/2013 - 19:35

    from the list - it appears yes - Hitachi 4tb.

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  naphman on 07/06/2013 - 19:35

  hmmmm if only I didn't have a N54L…..the old Netgear 4x Readynas+ is a good little workhorse.

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    naphman on 07/06/2013 - 19:36

    Also the "X-RAID2 automatic volume expansion" is an awesome feature too - just upg all the drives to larger and it'll expand to the new space.

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    tonyjzx on 07/06/2013 - 20:19

    it was cheaper for me to buy 2 microservers lol

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  Kiwires on 07/06/2013 - 20:17

  I currently have a Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ with 4 x 2TB HDDs, giving me 6TBs running X-RAID.
  Is it as simple as transferring all these HDDs into the RNDU6000 in the correct order to get it up and running?
  If I add 2 x 3TB HDDs into the 2 spare slots, how much total storage will I get?

  Thanks for any advice.

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    LoftyAu on 07/06/2013 - 21:09

    +1

    No. For a start the Ultra is x86 based, the NV+ is Sparc based.

    You will have to reformat the disks into the new Ultra.

    Your question about adding disks depends if you want to go RAID5 or RAID6 (two parity drives). Larger arrays are generally best configured as RAID6. If you go RAID the 3TB drives will be treated as 2TB. Or you could create a second volume - keep the 4x2TB as a 6TB RAID5 setup and the 2x3TB as a mirrored RAID (which would be a 3TB mirror).

    I run a Ultra 6 in RAID6 with 6x2TB and a NV+ in RAID5 with 4x2TB as its backup.

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      Kiwires on 07/06/2013 - 22:15

      Darn. I don't have the facility to back up the 6TBs on the ReadyNAS NV+ before reformatting and transferring the HDDs to the Ultra 6.
      It's too expensive to buy all new HDDs for the Ultra 6 - for me anyway.
      Thanks for clearing that up.

      P.s. If I understand correctly, running RAID6 with 6 x 2TB HDDs will provide 4 x 2TBs storage +2 parity drives? Running them on RAID5 will provide 5 x 2TBs +1 parity?

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  LoftyAu on 08/06/2013 - 01:13

  RAID6 with 6x2TB gives 8TB usable, 2x2TB drives for parity.
  RAID5 with 6x2TB gives 10TB usable, 1x2TB drive for parity.

  The idea of RAID6 is that you can survive a disk failure during a RAID array rebuild. With RAID5, if you have a disk failure while the array is rebuilding you lose the whole array.

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  Joz2988 on 08/06/2013 - 18:02

  Just ordered. Thanks. :)

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    Joz2988 on 11/06/2013 - 10:20

    Anyone know where else these things are for sale at a decent price? Best I can find is $500…

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  racka on 12/06/2013 - 09:01

  Ordered one. Pretty good price with free delivery. Dont forget to mention you are from OZbargain otherwise they will charge you the $18 delivery fee.