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How to replace readynas 102 by readynas 214
Hi,
I'm currently owning an readynas 102 with firmware version 6.10.3. (the old system)
The nas contains two bays with two 3TB hard drives configured as X-RAID Raid1
And I'm running out of space now.
So I thought about buying a readynas 214 with four bays. (the new system)
I'd like to move the two hard drives from the old system to the new system and later add one or maybe two 3TB hard drives.
How should this be done step by step?
I think:
- Take a full backup of the readynas 102
- shut down the readynas 102
- remove both drives and mount them in the readynas 214
- start the readynas 214
- hope like hell that everything works ? ;-)
Would I have to make a firmware upgrade on the newly bought readynas 214 to make sure both nas rund the same firmware version before I mount the drives from the old nas?
Does the new nas read all configuration like network und user settings from the drives? Or have I got to take a config backup before and load it into the new nas before mounting the drives from the old nas.
Thanks in advance for any helpful answers.
Albert
Your solution is a sound one. Yes, you should be able to directly move the drives with power off and it will "just work". But a backup is always a good plan, just in case.
While technically not a necessity, it is a good idea to use a spare drive to test the NAS and put the firmware to the same revision as the old one. Just let the NAS create a volume on the scratch drive, update the OS if needed, then power down. Move the drive to the next bay, and power up. Repeat for all bays. Now you know all is in order before you move the volume and you won't be taken by surprise by an (unlikely, but possible) bad drive bay when you go to expand.
If you don't update the new NAS OS and it's older, then the OS on the drives is supposed to update the flash, which will cause a double-boot of the system. But why leave anything to chance? And doing it yourself gives you more insight into what's happening.
If you end up with an Intel based system (300 series or higher) instead of the ARM based 214 you stated, you should un-install any apps you have before the migration and re-install in the new. Otherwise, same approach.
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Your solution is a sound one. Yes, you should be able to directly move the drives with power off and it will "just work". But a backup is always a good plan, just in case.
While technically not a necessity, it is a good idea to use a spare drive to test the NAS and put the firmware to the same revision as the old one. Just let the NAS create a volume on the scratch drive, update the OS if needed, then power down. Move the drive to the next bay, and power up. Repeat for all bays. Now you know all is in order before you move the volume and you won't be taken by surprise by an (unlikely, but possible) bad drive bay when you go to expand.
If you don't update the new NAS OS and it's older, then the OS on the drives is supposed to update the flash, which will cause a double-boot of the system. But why leave anything to chance? And doing it yourself gives you more insight into what's happening.
If you end up with an Intel based system (300 series or higher) instead of the ARM based 214 you stated, you should un-install any apps you have before the migration and re-install in the new. Otherwise, same approach.
Hi Sandshark,
great response.
Thanks a lot and best regards.
Albert
This thread is great and exactly what I need. I also have a ReadyNAS 102 that I purchased about 20+ years ago. This thing has worked like a champ and I've never had a hardware or software problem with it. I do however, need to upgrade since this is end-of-life. The only difference is that I have not upgraded the firmware since [if it works don't fix/break it] and my firmware version is 6.1.8 and not the latest 6.10+ version. I didn't want to upgrade until I had a chance to backup the data but now I have to. I'm currently using 948 GB of the available 2.62 TB of data so I really would like to backup to something that has 948 GB of space before I touch this perfectly working device and my data that it contains. (I'm a test engineer that's been working with and testing devices for 30 years, including NAS storage devices by very reputable companies like QLogic) and this has been the best product I've ever worked with, bar none. I never had to troubleshoot or fix the ReadyNAS since I've never had a single problem with it--hardware or software! I love it!, I've gone through many laptops and all I had to do was reconnect to my ReadyNAS with the new laptop and voila - there is all of my data!).
So anyways, my plan is pretty much the same I think except I should backup my data first, then upgrade the firmware to the latest before attempting to transfer the data to a new Netgear/ReadyNAS device (is ReadyNAS 214 still the best choice in 2022?). So can you please recommend a backup process (then I assume it will be okay to click the "upgrade firmware" process when I connect to it next)......then what is the best Netgear/ReadyNAS product to buy that I can (preferably) plug my old drives into) ? I'd like to upgrade to the newest device that has the same quality as the ReadyNAS 102 and will last another 20 years! Also would like to have some extra drives so that I start off with a backup on some new drives that won't already be end-of-life.
Thanks in advance!
To the Developers, Test Engineers and Support Engineers for this product: Kudo's!!! Great job! Best product I never had to troubleshoot or fix!
Fawn
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