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Hardware of NV+ and Duo
Hi,
I want to prepare myself against hardware failure of my readynas NV+ and for this I need some advice and information.
My idea is, if not the drives fail but the printboard or the single LAN-connections fails (due to whatever reason), I have lost all my data on the NAS because it is SPARC based. Is dit true? To counter this I want to have a spare NV+ on hand in which I can put the drives (to migrate my volume). Or more work intensive: replace the hardware part with the spare parts.
Therefore i'm looking to buy a secondhand NV+. Can I also look for a Duo instead? Do these have the same Hardware parts (SPARC etc.) and are these interchangeable?
Thanks in advance!
Kind Regards,
Alfie
I want to prepare myself against hardware failure of my readynas NV+ and for this I need some advice and information.
My idea is, if not the drives fail but the printboard or the single LAN-connections fails (due to whatever reason), I have lost all my data on the NAS because it is SPARC based. Is dit true? To counter this I want to have a spare NV+ on hand in which I can put the drives (to migrate my volume). Or more work intensive: replace the hardware part with the spare parts.
Therefore i'm looking to buy a secondhand NV+. Can I also look for a Duo instead? Do these have the same Hardware parts (SPARC etc.) and are these interchangeable?
Thanks in advance!
Kind Regards,
Alfie
2 Replies
- It's not a bad idea to get a spare unit. You would need to be careful to buy a Sparc version of the NV+ I.e. the v1 version not the v2 version. Likewise be sure you buy a Sparc Duo. Even with a sparc Duo, it would only be compatible if you have no more than 2 disks in your existing NV+.
Also make sure you have a backup of all your data just in case. - NV+ (v1) is the NV+ with the silver chassis.
Data recovery can be done using an ordinary x86 Linux machine in some cases. See Mounting Sparc-based ReadyNAS Drives in x86-based Linux
I do agree with mjw that having a backup is important. See Preventing Catastrophic Data Loss
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