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2TB non 4K drives - Where to buy?
I have a Readynas NV+ running the latest firmware which currently uses 4x 1.5 TB drives in an X-raid configuration. I would really like to expand my volume using 4x 2 TB drives as I am right up agains...
Rocketman12 - it seems that your major complaint about doing a factory default is redoing the configuration. You can back up your configuration. That choice is under the system button on the menu. It will copy down a zip file onto your computer. Locate the zip file for future reference. Then back up all of your data. You can remove the current drives and then install the new drives and do another factory default.
You can then follow the instructions on restoring the configuration and then you restore your data from the backup.
I agree with the others though, that if you are running out of room with 1.5TB drives, going to only 2TB drives does not seem as an effective use of funds. You will be going from a volume of 4.2TB to one of 5.6TB. However, by going with an Ultra 4 with 3x3TB drives, you will have the same effective volume of 5.6TB with an empty slot to expand by another 2.7TB. (net after overhead). I can understand though that this may shred your budget, but something to consider long term.
If you go with an Ultra, you would have to manually set up the configuration. You can do what I did, with the configuration of one machine open in one browser window and the new machine in a second, and simply copy the setup on screen. Or you could take notes. You might also consider taking screen shots and print them out. There is always more that one way to skin that cat.
You can then follow the instructions on restoring the configuration and then you restore your data from the backup.
I agree with the others though, that if you are running out of room with 1.5TB drives, going to only 2TB drives does not seem as an effective use of funds. You will be going from a volume of 4.2TB to one of 5.6TB. However, by going with an Ultra 4 with 3x3TB drives, you will have the same effective volume of 5.6TB with an empty slot to expand by another 2.7TB. (net after overhead). I can understand though that this may shred your budget, but something to consider long term.
If you go with an Ultra, you would have to manually set up the configuration. You can do what I did, with the configuration of one machine open in one browser window and the new machine in a second, and simply copy the setup on screen. Or you could take notes. You might also consider taking screen shots and print them out. There is always more that one way to skin that cat.
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