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Kiko381
Feb 24, 2017Aspirant
Moving full discs from RN214 to RN316
Hi all I am pretty new at setting up NAS systems, have been very happy with my RN214, but the discs are pretty much full (4 x 6tb drives -WD 6 TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive (Intellipower SATA 6 ...
- Feb 24, 2017
Yes, i just moved from a 204 to a 516. i migrated my 4 disks over--just make sure you place them in the same order. Later on, i inserted additional disks to take advantage of the additional slots and the array grew on its won.
Yes, it will automatically see larger drives and will expand the array. Just make sure you give it time to repair the array in between swapping out the drives--does that make sense?
funglenn
Feb 24, 2017Luminary
Yes, i just moved from a 204 to a 516. i migrated my 4 disks over--just make sure you place them in the same order. Later on, i inserted additional disks to take advantage of the additional slots and the array grew on its won.
Yes, it will automatically see larger drives and will expand the array. Just make sure you give it time to repair the array in between swapping out the drives--does that make sense?
Kiko381
Mar 01, 2017Aspirant
Will give that a go, thanks mr
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