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ReadyNAS Data Recovery - VMware recovery tool
Description This topic contains links to linux VMware images (Debian / Ubuntu) that have been modified to enable you to access your ReadyNAS duo HDDs from any machine with a USB plug and a SATA to US...
My plan is to update my original post with all the information about causes, attempts, fails, results and what I learned!
@mdgm - [maybe OT]
I have a side question for you about X-Raid and Flex-Raid. I've seen you already ansewered on similar topic on other posts.
During my attempt to recovery, I have slightly damaged the SATA connector of one disk (troubles never happen alone!) so now it is impossible to re-install it inside Duo, but it could be installed without problems inside PC.
I don't want to buy a new 1T disk (about 70€ ) since I am planning to buy 2x2T disks in few months, waiting for prices to fall (now they are 150€ each!).
So I decide that I will have only one disk inside the NAS and back up the data in the other disk using NTI Shadow.
So it is better to:
1-preferred) X-RAID the unique disk with the persistent error on NAS; it will be easier later in time to replace the disk with 2x2T
2) Flex-RAID the disk inside NAS; when I replace the disks, it will need an additional factory reset and it will take time to copy 800G of data on it!
Could solution 1 (x-RAID with only one disk) cause hardware problem to the NAS? some other issues?
Data retention is not a problem since I will regulary back up NAS data on PC.
@mdgm - [maybe OT]
I have a side question for you about X-Raid and Flex-Raid. I've seen you already ansewered on similar topic on other posts.
During my attempt to recovery, I have slightly damaged the SATA connector of one disk (troubles never happen alone!) so now it is impossible to re-install it inside Duo, but it could be installed without problems inside PC.
I don't want to buy a new 1T disk (about 70€ ) since I am planning to buy 2x2T disks in few months, waiting for prices to fall (now they are 150€ each!).
So I decide that I will have only one disk inside the NAS and back up the data in the other disk using NTI Shadow.
So it is better to:
1-preferred) X-RAID the unique disk with the persistent error on NAS; it will be easier later in time to replace the disk with 2x2T
2) Flex-RAID the disk inside NAS; when I replace the disks, it will need an additional factory reset and it will take time to copy 800G of data on it!
Could solution 1 (x-RAID with only one disk) cause hardware problem to the NAS? some other issues?
Data retention is not a problem since I will regulary back up NAS data on PC.
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