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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
3 TB will certainly not work in the duo v1. It doesn't support GPT formatting, so it is limited to 2 TB.
Yeah I was beginning to suspect that limitation, but as I'm only about 75% full on 1TB, I reckon the move to 2TB will last some time. Incidentally I read up some more on the WD Red series and learnt that they pretty much have their own flavour of vibration protection built in, and the Duo v1 is listed as a tested chassis. So all in all, they sound like a good tip you've suggested!
Good luck with your upgrade - whatever drive you choose! I always find that hard drive discussions tend to produce "mixed" opinions, almost like a healthy win/linux/mac discussion :-)
As it happens, I was also tempted by the WD Reds... the price put me off, more than anything else.
So far with my Seagate DMs I have had no trouble, but I do also have an automated full backup. So whatever transpires, I feel safe at the moment :smileywink:
Ian
ilneill wrote:
Good luck with your upgrade - whatever drive you choose! I always find that hard drive discussions tend to produce "mixed" opinions,
Very true.
ilneill wrote:
As it happens, I was also tempted by the WD Reds... the price put me off, more than anything else.
That I don't really get. 2 TB DMs are about $65 (today's newegg US pricing) and have a 1 year warranty. 2 TB Reds are about $84, with a three year warranty. For me, the extra warranty alone is worth the price difference.
But it's also true that I've avoided Seagates for some years (after a run of failures, I switched to WDC, which have worked out well for me). Though I'm sure that some people have moved in the opposite direction after bad luck with WDC. :smileywink:
Indeed, with the current prices of the WD Red, it is a bit of a no-brainer over pretty much most other drives, in my opinion.
However, at the time when I was actually doing my upgrades, they were close to twice the price of the DM's. As I was buying 5 drives at the time, that was a big deal.
Ian
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