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altapwdr
Aspirant
Aug 19, 2013

Replace Readynas Duo Chasis and retain disks

I have an older Readynas Duo that over time has been falling off the network more and more often.

At this time, I can't get it to stay on the network long enough for me to pull my files off.
I can't update the firmware either.

If I get simply a replacement Duo chasis- can I pull the drives out from my existing Duo
and put it in the new chasis?

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  • There are two duo platforms out there (duo v1 and duo v2). v1 uses a sparc processor, v2 uses an arm processor. (http://www.rnasguide.com/2012/01/09/how ... -or-nv-v2/) If you get another like platform (either duo or nv+) then you can migrate the disks with the power down.

    If the issue with your duo is that it has a filling OS partition, then the problem will not go away if you move to a new hardware. If the unit can stay up long enough, try deleting the logs (system and backup).

    You can also access the files on disk 1 with a PC using the linux reader tool here: http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/

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