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fkearney
Aspirant
Apr 12, 2014

Replacement for NV

I had my NV stored for a year, and when I hooked it up today, there was no response. I put a tester on the power supply and it appears to have failed while in storage. Rather than replace the power...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 12, 2014
fkearney wrote:
I had my NV stored for a year, and when I hooked it up today, there was no response. I put a tester on the power supply and it appears to have failed while in storage.

Rather than replace the power supply I would like to just get a new ReadyNAS. The NV is equipped with four WD5002ABYS drives. Is there a newer ReadyNAS I can migrate these drives to, and have it work correctly?

Thanks
Frank
If you mean "preserving the data", then no. None of the currently shipping NAS are compatible.

You can mount them in a x86 linux system. If you have an ATX power supply handy (and are willing to make a custom cable) you can rig something that will work at least long enough to get the data off.

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