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mattwebb1
Jan 12, 2012Aspirant
Changing from Duo V2 to Ultra 2 discs compatible?
I'm a newbie to the world of NAS and a recent purchaser of a Squeezebox Touch so after some thorough research (or so I thought) of the Netgear and Logitech Squeezebox websites I purchased a ReadyNAS D...
mdgm-ntgr
Jan 12, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
They are very different platforms. The Duo v2 is ARM and the Ultra 2 is x86. Compatibility of a drive for one gives no indication of compatibility for the other.
If you want to risk it you could:
1. Backup all data
2. Verify backup is good
3. Move disks across to Ultra 2 and do a factory default: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
The drives may work but if you encounter issues with them NetGear will deny support. However you should backup important data primarily stored on the ReadyNAS regularly anyway.
If you want to risk it you could:
1. Backup all data
2. Verify backup is good
3. Move disks across to Ultra 2 and do a factory default: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
The drives may work but if you encounter issues with them NetGear will deny support. However you should backup important data primarily stored on the ReadyNAS regularly anyway.
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