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ReadyNAS 214 Substitute
After seven solid years of service my ReadyNAS 214 appears to have bitten the dust. Might be a power supply or a mobo but tried it plugged into a few outlets and the device won't start - no lights, no fan, nada.
I have 4 2TB drives in the device that I suspect are still good. Is there another NAS that would accept these and retain the data? Do I have any chance of resurrecting the data on the drives?
Thanks for any help or advice.
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firolver wrote:
After seven solid years of service my ReadyNAS 214 appears to have bitten the dust. Might be a power supply or a mobo but tried it plugged into a few outlets and the device won't start - no lights, no fan, nada.
It could just be the power adapter. I suggest doing a risk-buy of a compatible adapter, and see if that brings it back to life. You'll find several advertised on Amazon and other sites for around $25 USD.
firolver wrote:
I have 4 2TB drives in the device that I suspect are still good. Is there another NAS that would accept these and retain the data? Do I have any chance of resurrecting the data on the drives?
Thanks for any help or advice.
The disks can be migrated to any other ReadyNAS running OS-6. With some effort you can also migrate them to an older ReadyNAS Ultra or ReadyNAS Pro.
You can alternatively connect the disks to a PC running linux, and manually assemble and mount the volume.
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