Need help choosing a Readynas for Home

PapaBear wrote:

Cmaker3 wrote: Just to make sure I understand, if I go with a 2-bay unit, I will only have 1/2 the capacity of storage (or 2TB) if for example I use 2 x 2TB HDD. And since my concern tend to be in favor of having more storage space, the better option for me is to go for the Ultra 4 Plus and just add on additional hdds. I also prefer the 4 bay units for they can support an array three times the one supported by a two bay unit (with the same size drives). In addition there is the LCD message panel that will tell you what is happening during booting and expanding. It will also display alerts.

Hi PapaBear,

A follow up question, if you will. I have decided to go for the Ultra 2 Plus 2-bay unit (budget contraints) and got two 3TB drives (Seagate Barracuda 7200 3 TB 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST3000DM001). In the future I can buy an Ultra 4 Plus 4-bay unit.

Question: Can I move and just plug in the 2 3TB drives from the Ultra 2 Plus to the Ultra 4 Plus which will have 1 or 2 new drives (probably 3TB also or 4TB) without endangering the existing data contained in the Ultra 2 Plus hdds. Sorry for the question, being a newbie and all, but I feel that there are steps that I need to do before plugging the old drives with existing data into the new unit.

Appreciate the help and advise.

Cmaker3