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Temporarily swapping drives in duo
Hi, I want to temporarily swap out my 2x 2tb drives in the duo for a couple of 500gb ones, test them, then I want to swap them back. What I want to know is whether this will break anything on the main...
Tommy10K - first I agree with Marto73 that you would be better off keeping the Duo and acquiring the Duo v2 and putting new disks in the new unit. Once you have your data copied over to the Duo v2 (use a Frontview backup job with NFS to do the copy and then change it to rsync and run it again. The second time will verify your backup and will take a lot less time). Then convert your existing Duo to a backup role. The Duo v2 will be much faster than the v1 for regular operations and you can set the backup jobs to run at night and using rsync the jobs will run in minutes. Rsync is a built in process to synchronize the files between two NAS units.
If you still want to test the 500GB drives, go ahead with the procedure I posted above without clearing the partitions. If you get an error, most like is the bad firmware error, you can shut it down and then do a Factory Default when you restart the unit.
Factory Default on Duo v1/NV+ v1/NV:
To perform an OS Re-install or Factory Default, this is managed via the Reset button on the back of the chassis.
Locate the reset pinhole.
ReadyNAS Duo v1/NV/NV+ v1: the pinhole is next to the USB port in the back.
Get a straightened paper clip and depress the hidden switch in the pinhole while the power is off, and then power on the ReadyNAS.
After 5 seconds you will get the first flash of the LED's for the OS Re-install
At 30 seconds you will get the second flash of the LED's for the Factory Default.
If you still want to test the 500GB drives, go ahead with the procedure I posted above without clearing the partitions. If you get an error, most like is the bad firmware error, you can shut it down and then do a Factory Default when you restart the unit.
Factory Default on Duo v1/NV+ v1/NV:
To perform an OS Re-install or Factory Default, this is managed via the Reset button on the back of the chassis.
Locate the reset pinhole.
ReadyNAS Duo v1/NV/NV+ v1: the pinhole is next to the USB port in the back.
Get a straightened paper clip and depress the hidden switch in the pinhole while the power is off, and then power on the ReadyNAS.
After 5 seconds you will get the first flash of the LED's for the OS Re-install
At 30 seconds you will get the second flash of the LED's for the Factory Default.
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