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Swap drives from ReadyNAS Duo V1 to ReadyNAS 102
I'm about to buy a new ReadyNAS102 and to cut a long story short I'd like know if it is possible to simply put the drives from my Duo V1 straight into the 102? Long version: My Duo V1 has 2x 1TB mi...
That of course will work. You likely will need to reboot after step 3 to get the duo to expand. The RAID array is vulnerable during steps 1-3, so a backup is a good idea.
How old is the duo? If the firmware is down-rev you might want to upgrade it first. Also, if you don't have 4K disk alignment now, you should consider doing a factory reset (http://www.rnasguide.com/2011/06/22/why ... -readynas/)
A more complicated procedure could work for that - basically start with a 2 TB drive in the RN102, and copy all your data to that. Then remove both drives on the duo, and install the second 2 TB drive there. Back-copy the data onto the duo, and then hot-insert the 2 TB from RN102. After it resyncs, then install the old drives in the RN102 and do a factory reset.
One benefit of the more complicated procedure is that your old disks remain intact until the very end - giving a fallback if something fails (power down the NAS, restore the 2x1TB drives in their original slots, and reboot).
How old is the duo? If the firmware is down-rev you might want to upgrade it first. Also, if you don't have 4K disk alignment now, you should consider doing a factory reset (http://www.rnasguide.com/2011/06/22/why ... -readynas/)
A more complicated procedure could work for that - basically start with a 2 TB drive in the RN102, and copy all your data to that. Then remove both drives on the duo, and install the second 2 TB drive there. Back-copy the data onto the duo, and then hot-insert the 2 TB from RN102. After it resyncs, then install the old drives in the RN102 and do a factory reset.
One benefit of the more complicated procedure is that your old disks remain intact until the very end - giving a fallback if something fails (power down the NAS, restore the 2x1TB drives in their original slots, and reboot).
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