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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
Quick update which may benefit others going down same route.
WD Reds arrived last night. Out of habit I left them to one side for a couple of hours to come up to room temp. Well, I went to the pub :-)
Started the process on return, on bay2, and let things run. Got up this morning to see first stage had completed a couple of hours previously. Replaced bay1, wait some more. Got prompts for each stage finalising in a couple of reboots leading to completed expansion. Total elapsed just short of 24hrs given the 1TB set was just over 80% full. So far looking ok :-)
Hi Numb3r6,
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Kind regards,
BrianL
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