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ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 drive upgrade
I'm looking to replace drives and increase capacity in my ReadyNAS Duo RND2000. The unit itself has been reliable, particularly after hooking it up to a UPS Currently I have 2x1TB Seagate Barracud...
I have several Duos. I recently upped one from 2x1TB (X-RAIDed) to 2x 2TB. It was a very easy process, but did take a few days.
I use these drives "Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive" (from Amazon.co.uk)
(Not saying these drives are right for you, but they are what I have had success with - YMMV).
The upgrade is easy:
1. Power down and replace drive 2 with a new 2TB drive.
2. Power up and let the RAID sort itself out.
3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 for drive 1.
4. When RAID is all sorted, reboot again to have the X-RAID expand the volume to 2TB.
5. Job done!
It is very straight forward but takes days, and as you probably already know, make sure you have a backup of ALL your data before you start.
Good luck,
Ian
I have several Duos. I recently upped one from 2x1TB (X-RAIDed) to 2x 2TB. It was a very easy process, but did take a few days.
I use these drives "Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive" (from Amazon.co.uk)
(Not saying these drives are right for you, but they are what I have had success with - YMMV).
The upgrade is easy:
1. Power down and replace drive 2 with a new 2TB drive.
2. Power up and let the RAID sort itself out.
3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 for drive 1.
4. When RAID is all sorted, reboot again to have the X-RAID expand the volume to 2TB.
5. Job done!
It is very straight forward but takes days, and as you probably already know, make sure you have a backup of ALL your data before you start.
Good luck,
Ian
I'm not a fan of the "DM" seagates - there have been too many issues reported with them here. I also don't recommend green drives (WDC or Seagate) in a NAS. The WDC red drives (or the Seagate VN equivalent) are similar in price, are targetted for home NAS, and have better warranties.
My Duo is running with one older Seagate (a 4 year old ST32000542AS) and a Western Digital WD20EFRX (installed for about 18 months). The Duo v1 isn't fast enough to benefit much from 7200 RPM, and the WDC Reds run much cooler/use less power than the 7200 drives. So I'd go with the WD20EFRX myself.
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