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Move disks between ReadyNAS 314 and 2120v2
Hi, I am new to the forum and hope someone may be able to help me.
I have an existing ReadyNAS 314 (4*2TB Disk), which is a desktop device. As part of a move to a new house, I have installed a 19" comms rack with a cat6 network. As a result I have decided to buy a rack mounted ReadyNAS 2120v2 chassis with no disks.
My question is can I just move the existing 4 disks from their current bays 1-4 into the new rack mounted ReadyNAS (preserving the disks in matching bays), or do I need to back up the 314 data, move the disks, wipe/reset the ReadyNAS and copy the data back on?
Cleary the former would save a lot of time, so any help, much appreciated.
thanks in advance,
paul
The 314 is x86 and the 2120v2 is ARM.
If you haven't got the 2120v2 yet I would get the 3130 or 3138 which are x86
Whilst you can move disks from x86 to ARM, I think, this is not recommended.
Either way you should update you regular backup before moving your disks across (keep the disk order the same).
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The 314 is x86 and the 2120v2 is ARM.
If you haven't got the 2120v2 yet I would get the 3130 or 3138 which are x86
Whilst you can move disks from x86 to ARM, I think, this is not recommended.
Either way you should update you regular backup before moving your disks across (keep the disk order the same).
- The RN2120v2 does sound like a step backwards.
mdgm wrote:
Whilst you can move disks from x86 to ARM, I think, this is not recommended.
Then perhaps this kb article needs revision: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22895/~/readynas-os-6%3A-migrating-a-volume
You could do it, but you should uninstall all the apps first and you should make sure your regular backup is up to date, just in case.
Hi, thank you all for the help. I decided to return the 2120v2 and opted for an x86 RN3138 instead which arrived today. I have backed up the old RN314.
So having read the replies, I believe I can now just move the 4 disks from the RN314 to the RN3138 in the same order and everything should be ok... correct? :)
Yes. You can simply move all four drives from RN314 to RN3138 (Same order is not required, but it is always nice to keep it in same order).
Before the move, maybe you can try to update RN314 to latest firmware, so that once hard drives are moved to RN3138, RN3138 will also run latest firmware regardless which firmware was loaded on your RN3138.
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