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isaacbear
Feb 12, 2016Aspirant
Upgrading ReadyNas NVX to RN202
Hi All, I have (had) a Ready Nas NVX with 2 x 1TB Western Digital WD1002FBYS drives installed. Due to a power surge the unit is now dead. I do not know what the firmware version the NVX w...
- Feb 12, 2016
You should be able to migrate your disks to the ultra-2 (keeping them in order). Make sure the disks are in the same order. The firmware installed on the ultra-2 should be the same as the NVX or newer.
It's conceivable you'll need an OS-reinstall (the ultra-2 is 64 bit, the NVX is 32 bit), but I don't think you will.
isaacbear
Feb 12, 2016Aspirant
Thanks for the info and link which I have read.
My last chance - I have a ReadyNas Ultra 2 plus which appears to have the same architecture as the NVX ? would this be a solution ?
Thanks
Robin
StephenB
Feb 12, 2016Guru - Experienced User
You should be able to migrate your disks to the ultra-2 (keeping them in order). Make sure the disks are in the same order. The firmware installed on the ultra-2 should be the same as the NVX or newer.
It's conceivable you'll need an OS-reinstall (the ultra-2 is 64 bit, the NVX is 32 bit), but I don't think you will.
- isaacbearFeb 13, 2016Aspirant
Thank you
Robin
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