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Aspirant

Oct 05, 2016

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Pro Pioneer power supply died. Can I use the same HD array in a RN316?

My Pro Pioneer power supply died and I am having trouble finding a replacement. If a purchase a new RN316 can I simply load the 6 disks and have it work without losing data?

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StephenB
Oct 05, 2016
dabmd wrote:

... I could load the disks and then backup from the new RN316, then reformat the disks and restore the backup?

Yes. There is more information here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29957

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StephenB
Guru
Oct 05, 2016
dabmd wrote:

If a purchase a new RN316 can I simply load the 6 disks and have it work without losing data?

Not quite.

The RN316 will mount the volume as read-only,so you can copy off the data. But the RN316 uses a completely different file system, and will have to reformat the drives.
- dabmd
  Aspirant
  Oct 05, 2016
  Thank you Stephen. So if I understand correctly, I could load the disks and then backup from the new RN316, then reformat the disks and restore the backup?
  - StephenB
    Guru
    Oct 05, 2016
    dabmd wrote:
    
    ... I could load the disks and then backup from the new RN316, then reformat the disks and restore the backup?
    
    Yes. There is more information here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29957