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Looks like a new batch of CM400's going out... but I'm on UVerse, so I'll have to pass.
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Looks like a new batch of CM400's going out... but I'm on UVerse, so I'll have to pass.
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quote:Probably because Suddenlink hasn't certified the modem.
Got the CM400 email as well. Still can't do it because I'm on Suddenlink. I also still don't understand the review being provider-specific.
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Got the CM400 email as well. Still can't do it because I'm on Suddenlink. I also still don't understand the review being provider-specific.
quote:Has anyone been able to successfully install 6.2 (other than the beta version)? William's post, along with a couple of the press releases, say it should be available now (one press release says through GUI), but I still don't see it.
As promised, here is the NAS announcement. The is available for download today. Enjoy all the new features!!
There should be some videos posting soon to show off the functionality. The auto backup and new sync app for PC's should be cool.
NETGEAR'SNEW READYNAS OPERATING SYSTEM OFFERS INDUSTRY-LEADING 5 LEVELS OF DATA
PROTECTION
ReadyNASOS 6.2 offers exciting new safeguards and usability features for home storage,
including first-of-its-kind auto-backup and sync app for PCs
http://www.netgear.com/about/press-releases/2014/11172014_New_ReadyNas_Operating_System.aspx
quote:6.2 was available on the RN314 through the system updater.quote:Has anyone been able to successfully install 6.2 (other than the beta version)? William's post, along with a couple of the press releases, say it should be available now (one press release says through GUI), but I still don't see it.
As promised, here is the NAS announcement. The is available for download today. Enjoy all the new features!!
There should be some videos posting soon to show off the functionality. The auto backup and new sync app for PC's should be cool.
NETGEAR'SNEW READYNAS OPERATING SYSTEM OFFERS INDUSTRY-LEADING 5 LEVELS OF DATA
PROTECTION
ReadyNASOS 6.2 offers exciting new safeguards and usability features for home storage,
including first-of-its-kind auto-backup and sync app for PCs
http://www.netgear.com/about/press-releases/2014/11172014_New_ReadyNas_Operating_System.aspx
quote:if you're using the proprietary FlexRaid you can just pop in a new HD, so long as it's the same capacity as the others. But this is basically JBOD RAID, which is meh
Can anyone explain why it's not possible to just add an extra HD to the NAS without reformatting all of them and starting the backups from scratch? If you can replace one when it goes bad without reformatting, why can't you add a new one?
quote:Here's my non-technical attempt at an explanation: If you let it install via the default RAID configuration, it will rebuild the array by moving data around into the RAID scheme. Depending on the type of RAID, you'll have data spread among all the drives: ie it will write tiny amounts of data to each drive simultaneously. A single record will span all the drives in the array. So, when you add a drive, it rebuilds that array, redistributing the data among all the available drives, including the one you just added.
Can anyone explain why it's not possible to just add an extra HD to the NAS without reformatting all of them and starting the backups from scratch? If you can replace one when it goes bad without reformatting, why can't you add a new one?
quote:I was thinking the default for Flexraid simulated RAID-5, not JBOD.quote:if you're using the proprietary FlexRaid you can just pop in a new HD, so long as it's the same capacity as the others. But this is basically JBOD RAID, which is meh
Can anyone explain why it's not possible to just add an extra HD to the NAS without reformatting all of them and starting the backups from scratch? If you can replace one when it goes bad without reformatting, why can't you add a new one?
quote:That actually makes sense - thank you.quote:Here's my non-technical attempt at an explanation: If you let it install via the default RAID configuration, it will rebuild the array by moving data around into the RAID scheme. Depending on the type of RAID, you'll have data spread among all the drives: ie it will write tiny amounts of data to each drive simultaneously. A single record will span all the drives in the array. So, when you add a drive, it rebuilds that array, redistributing the data among all the available drives, including the one you just added.
Can anyone explain why it's not possible to just add an extra HD to the NAS without reformatting all of them and starting the backups from scratch? If you can replace one when it goes bad without reformatting, why can't you add a new one?
When you are replacing one that went bad, depending on the type of array it may be able to use redundant data, or a parity scheme to rebuild the missing drive.
So, when you add a drive, it's redistributing data across the drives, potentially recreating redundancy or parity as it does so (again, depending on the configuration). When you replace a drive, it is going to attempt to rebuild the array, which is an entirely different process as it is not shuffling data on the other drives; it would just be using the data on the remaining good drives to rebuild data on the replaced drive.
quote:1 TB is being used for parity in the RAID setup. If you remount it as a RAID1 array you would have 3TB
Another NAS question
What is the actual free space you have available compared to physical drives installed in your NAS? I've got two 1TB drives and one 4TB drive and have 1.81TB of space available. Shouldn't it be closer to 3TB? Is there that much space reserved for OS and NAS files?
Sorry for the ignorance, appreciate the help.
quote:It depends on what your setup is. From your description, it sounds like you have the three drives in a RAID5 configuration. In that case, each drive will have three stripes: 2 for data, one for parity, so you lose 1/3 of disk space for parity. Since your smallest drive is 1TB, that is the most that will be used for any of the drives. You basically have 3 drives using 1TB each. You lose 1/3 for parity, and you're left with 2TB.
Another NAS question
What is the actual free space you have available compared to physical drives installed in your NAS? I've got two 1TB drives and one 4TB drive and have 1.81TB of space available. Shouldn't it be closer to 3TB? Is there that much space reserved for OS and NAS files?
Sorry for the ignorance, appreciate the help.
quote:It was an issue with the PCB that was corrected. glad the new one is working well, thanks for all your patiencequote:Same here. I even threw a t-shirt over it to let it heat up and see if it would overheat and no problem. I don't know if there was a hardware issue or software issue. The new one is firmware 1.01.06, the old firmware was 1.01.08. It looks like they had also taken the new modem out of the box and tested it before sending it to me since it has activity in the log file from 10/24.
This new CM400 works 100% better. No issues in the 12 hours it has been online.
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It was an issue with the PCB that was corrected. glad the new one is working well, thanks for all your patience
quote:there have been other surveys. You guys are late to the party
This is what I get "This survey is currently closed. Please contact the author of this survey for further assistance"
quote:djkyle, try this link (from page 10). It's the one I used, but with no confirmation email, I'm hoping I entered my information correctly and they're still taking sign ups. I guess I will find out with the next product release.quote:Yes
Is it still possible to sign up to be a part of this program?
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NETGEARFriendsandFamilyProgram
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Please email me Marynel!!