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Exchanging from ReadyNAS RND4000 (Duo 2) to ReadyNAS 214
I remember the name of my ReadyNAS as Duo2 only, but registered as RND4000v2 in my profile. But in general I understand that it is not possible to move these disk from my old NAS to the new one I pl...
Kornettisten wrote:
I remember the name of my ReadyNAS as Duo2 only, but registered as RND4000v2 in my profile.
First of all, an RND4000 is a four-bay model, not a Duo. You could have a v1 (Sparc) platform or a v2 (Arm) platform. The labeling is confusing, and many v1 owners mistakenly believe they own a v2.
If you tell us what firmware you are running, we can tell you what platform you have.
Kornettisten wrote:
But in general I understand that it is not possible to move these disk from my old NAS to the new one I plan to buy, the ReadyNAS 214?That is correct. You can reuse the disks in the new NAS, but they will be reformatted and all data would be lost.
So if you decommission your current ReadyNAS, then you will need to offload your data.
Another option you should consider is keeping your current ReadyNAS running, and use it as a backup to your RN214. If you do that, you'd get new disks for the RN214 (ideally leaving one or two slots empty for expansion later). Then you can use the backup job feature of the NAS to copy the files from the old NAS to the new one. That would be a NAS->NAS transfer, the PC wouldn't be involved.
After that's done, you can reverse those backup jobs, so that they'd automatically update the old ReadyNAS every day.
RAID alone isn't enough to keep your data safe, and if your current NAS is still operational, it's cost effective to repurpose it as a backup.
Hi Kornettisten
Welcome to the Community!
Yes, it is not possible to just insert the disk to the new NAS since they are on a different OS.
If your NAS is still working you can transfer the data to an external disk and then use the disk to initialize the RN214, Just transfer the data once the RN214 has been setup.
If your RN214 has disks included, you can actually initialize the RN214 and connect it to your network then do a backup job on your Duo V2 and point it to the new NAS.
Otherwise, you can still use the old disk but you will have to follow instructions found here and contact Support for assistance. Note that you will need to purchase a Data recovery contract to complete this procedure.
Hope this helps!
Regards
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