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RN316 Upgrading Hard Drives
Hi all, I have an RN316 with 6x 3TB Drives.
Running out of Space at the moment. So I want to start replacing the 3TB drives.
Now I know I will have to do one at a time, But is it as simple as jus...
Thanks however I don’t have a backup so don’t want the factory format option.
I will be going to 2 NASs to move my time machine backups off my main NAS. Eventually I will replace my RN316 with the equivalent 6/8 bay model at the time. Then move all the data to the new model keep the 316 for the backups.
Can I ESATA directly between the 2 NASs as it will be faster if Mount one NAS directly into the seconds one and copy the data that way rather than go via a computer right?
I will be going to 2 NASs to move my time machine backups off my main NAS. Eventually I will replace my RN316 with the equivalent 6/8 bay model at the time. Then move all the data to the new model keep the 316 for the backups.
Can I ESATA directly between the 2 NASs as it will be faster if Mount one NAS directly into the seconds one and copy the data that way rather than go via a computer right?
AKLGUY wrote:
Can I ESATA directly between the 2 NASs
No, that won't work.
NAS backup jobs will transfer data directly between the two NAS over your network. If you are skilled with linux you can also do this manually using ssh. But the NAS are not designed to act as eSATA (or USB) clients. They can access external disks using eSATA/USB but they cannot be accessed that way.
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