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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.
1) The new model is the RN424. The RN420 series has 2-bay, 4-bay, 6-bay and 8-bay models, namely the RN422, RN424, RN426 and RN428 respectively.
2) Those two are good choices. Not all disks are compatible and some disks are more suited to different use cases than others. We do have a compatibility list
3) Using the default X-RAID with two disks it would use RAID-1 then change to RAID-5 when you add a 3rd disk.
4) Over time higher capacity disks have been released. Resellers tend not to update their pages with new datasheets. There are 10TB disks on the compatibility list so it should support a 40TB volume. Though that's before redundancy. Using RAID-5 with 4x10TB disks you'd get a volume capacity of about 27TiB.
5) ReadyCLOUD is optional. You don't have to use it. Some users use their NAS units on networks not connected to the internet. You can install the RAIDar discovery client on your Mac/PC but that's optional too. Your router should show the NAS in attached devices so you can find the I.P. by finding which I.P. has been assigned to the MAC address of a NIC in your NAS.
6) To use some modes such as LACP the switch/router your NAS is directly plugged into needs to support it and be configured to use it.
7) No.
8) Starting off with two 8TB disks should be fine.
If your data is important to you and the NAS will be holding the primary copy of it you should factor into your budget how you'll backup your important data whether to the Duo or to another NAS or to a USB disk or some place else.
mgdm, does this mean the RN214 series are moving to EOL?
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