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ReadyNAS RN104 fresh setup to replace Seagate NAS
hello, just a fresh user of the ReadyNAS system 🙂
I just acquired (used) a ReadyNAS 104 and stuck in four 4tb WD purple drives I had salvaged and tested good.
Its taking days to sync, not unexpected but I am surprised by the CPU temp while its doing so...
55c seems a bit high to me... Thought I should ask... I did clean it out some but not extensively and its just on an open bench in my shop with ambient temp around 15c
Second question, when I go to copy all my data from my existing old Seagate NAS is there a more efficient way to do so than using an external computer as a go between via NFS or SMB?
I was going to take one of my spare Khadas Vim3 I have and load in Ubuntu so I could leave it for a few days to do the job...
Then I got to thinking, maybe there is an app I could load onto the NAS and do the copy more directly, NAS to NAS... but of course the app store is not functional...
I have about 5.5tb to transfer...
ideas?
Thanx
justsumdad wrote:
any input on the two issues?
Sorry, I thought I'd posted that.
My RN102 has the same processor, and runs at 50C when idle. So your CPU temp is typical.
The NAS has a back up job capability that can copy directly from the Synology. Protocol include rsync (which is what I use), smb, and NFS.
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justsumdad wrote:Second question, when I go to copy all my data from my existing old Seagate NAS is there a more efficient way to do so than using an external computer as a go between via NFS or SMB?
You can set up backup jobs on the ReadyNAS to copy the data directly from the Seagate. There are several protocol options - SMB, Rsync, NFS.
Personally I use Rsync for NAS backup, but all of these are ok.
justsumdad wrote:
Its taking days to sync,
How many days?
You might want to download the log zip file and look for errors. System.log, Kernel.log, Systemd-journal.log are good places to look for them.
Its been running now 42 hrs and lists just under 50% done.
I did not think this is absurd prepping raid 5 on four 4tb 5400RPM drives...
do you?
Logs don't show any errors or warnings...
justsumdad wrote:
Its been running now 42 hrs and lists just under 50% done.
It's been a while since I've seen this posted for the RN104. But I think it should have completely finished by now. This is assuming you aren't loading data onto the NAS during the sync.
So I would look for errors in the log zip (which has a lot more information than the web ui)..
So my main concerns are the CPU temp and secondary concern is a method to copy my file base over without use of an intermediate computer...
a very distant third is the format time, as I felt it was not really bad..
any input on the two issues?
Thanx
justsumdad wrote:
any input on the two issues?
Sorry, I thought I'd posted that.
My RN102 has the same processor, and runs at 50C when idle. So your CPU temp is typical.
The NAS has a back up job capability that can copy directly from the Synology. Protocol include rsync (which is what I use), smb, and NFS.
I will explore that backup more fully, it did not appear to do what I was hoping for but I may have missed something.
I have prepped the Vim3 SBC with Ubuntu and have it as a fall back, it will be another 30 ish hours before I can start the copy job anyhow...
I know I can start it now, I just don't like the idea of doing that while the sync/format is going on.
Thanx for the info on temp, makes me more comfortable 🙂
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