ReadyNAS 3220 not working - Can I put the drives in an identical ReadyNAS3220 without ...

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jguz007 wrote:

ReadyNAS 3220 not working.  Boots up but no Web interface.
Can I put the drives in an identical ReadyNAS3220 without losing any data?

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Yes. The NAS software and configuration files are all on the disks.  That is a faster way of troubleshooting than the methods Sandshark and I proposed in your other thread.  If the working NAS also fails to boot from the failed NAS disks, then the problem is definitely with one of the disks.  Otherwise, it is a chassis failure.

Make sure both NAS are powered down when you move the disks.   I strongly recommend labeling them as you remove them. 

One caveat - if the software isn't exactly the same, then the working NAS will update either the flash or the OS partition to whatever software is newer. 

For example, if the working NAS is running 6.10.5 and the failed NAS was running 6.10.8, then the working NAS will update its flash to 6.10.8 when you first boot with the disks from the failed NAS.  Then when you boot up again with the original disks for that NAS, the NAS will update the software on those disks to 6.10.8. 

Similarly, if the working NAS is running 6.10.8 and the failed NAS was running 6.10.5, then the first time you boot with the failed NAS disks, the working NAS will update the software on those disks to 6.10.8.  Later on when you put those disks back in the failed NAS (when/if the failed NAS is operational again), that NAS will update its flash to 6.10.8 to match what is now on the disks.