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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.
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.
| Model: | ReadyNAS NV+ v2 | ||
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Serial: | <redacted> | |
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Firmware: | RAIDiator 5.3.13 |
This is a 4 bay NAS, yes. I am not sure why I think of Duo2.
Thank you for advices!
2 disks in en each of the old and new NAS is probably appropiate for my small scale usage.
First of all I have to buy a new NAS.
Kornettisten wrote:
Model: ReadyNAS NV+ v2 Serial: <redacted> Firmware: RAIDiator 5.3.13 This is the arm based platform (called a v2 here).
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