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Moving 314 disks to 104 Compatibility?
Hi, I purchased a ReadyNAS 104. purely as a test unit for use in times of Urgent needs. Example: Should a clients the 312 OR 314 fail, to be able to place the drives into the 104 while main unit i...
Going from a 104 to a 314 would work. The other way, I don't think would work.
To be honest, stupidly, I thought OS6 was the common OS to all and in turn HDD could be read across different units (seemed logical...........or so I thought). So, why one way and not the other?
Cheers
msd wrote:
To be honest, stupidly, I thought OS6 was the common OS to all and in turn HDD could be read across different units (seemed logical...........or so I thought). So, why one way and not the other?
Cheers
The RN100 and RN200 use ARM processors, and the RN300 and above use x86 processors. The instruction sets are completely different. The x86 system hardware includes support for migration of the ARM software to x86, but the ARM systems don't have that support.
You might want to create a feature request in the ideas exchange for this enhancement (https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-for-ReadyNAS/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-storage?date-range=all). While there, you could vote for other ideas that you'd likely use if they were provided.
There are some limitations that affect ARM systems that don't affect x86 ones such as the size of LUNs for instance. If it is possible we wouldn't recommend it. You certainly should make sure you have an up to date backup before trying if you really want to.
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