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RN214 vs RN314 Questions
Greetings. I have an old (in computer years) ReadyNas Duo and am looking to upgrade to something with greater storage capacity. At present, I am considering the RN214 and RN314. To that end, I ha...
kmmcd wrote:
e) is it better to just plug the two new WD Red 6TB drives into the RN424, format them, create shares, etc., and then copy the old data from the Duo across the network to the new RN424 drives?
Yes. That also allows you to use the Duo for backup.
Note that once the data is migrated, you can do a factory reset on the duo - changing it to flexraid, and creating two RAID-0 volumes (one for each disk). That gives you 4 TB of backup (though it isn't protected from drive failure). I've done this with my own duo.
Using two volumes in the Duo does require you to manual balance storage (choosing which shares to place on which volume). But a single RAID-0 volume will completely fail if either disk fails. I've found balancing the storage isn't that difficult, and it's a lot more robust.
The RN424 is on order. Now, on to drives. I will initially be populating the RN424 with two drives. Which is best? WD60EFRX (track record of several years), or larger, more expensive WD80EFRX (newer technology such as helium, larger cache, physically lighter and more quiet idle speed)?
I went with four WD60EFRX in my RN526x, and three WD80EFZX in the RN524x.
Part of my reasoning was to keep at least one free spot in each NAS for expansion later. I had two WD60EFRX already on hand, so that was another part of it.
Either disk is reasonable for you, since you will have two free slots either way.
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