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ReadayNAS Ultra 4 data recovery after dying
My 2011 Netgear Readynas Ultra 4 blew out the electricity and died recently. Either the PSU or the entire thing died. Inside were 4 disk with valuable data, in Raid 5. The question would be, if I...
StephenB
I'm afraid I can't recall, it's been a while since I had updated it, that's for sure. But it blew up after I had not touched it in a while, could you help me with the implication of either OS?
But I'm guessing 4.2
Do you have a saved copy of a log file? That will tell you which you were using.
The recovery methods are quite different because of the different volume structures used (LVM/MDADM and GPT for 4.2 and MDADM and BTRFS on OS6).
The easiest recovery method, assuming the volume was not damaged when the unit "blew up" (which will affect any recovery method) is to put the drives in a replacement ReadyNAS. But you'll also need to know which OS you were running to do that. And, of course, you'd be buying used equipment, which always carries some risk. And there is the question as to whether you want to continue using a NAS from a company that has basically abandoned it.
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