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K3N8
Aug 28, 2014Aspirant
Freecom SilverStore to RN104
I have a Freecom SilverStore with 2 x 3TB WD harddisks configured to RAID 1. I just bought an RN104 with 2 x 3 TB WD because of lack of storage space on the Freecom. I need to migrate the Freecom to t...
K3N8
Aug 28, 2014Aspirant
That it exactly what I mean. The data is already on the 3TB WD disk. I transfer the data using NFS to the RN104 over a gigabit network.
StephenB wrote: It might be just as fast to copy the files over your network with nfs. Write speeds to the RN104 are about 50 MB/s on a gigabit network. Copying first to the hard drive, and then again to the RN104 seems unlikely to be faster.
I don't understand. The manual clearly states that you have to reformat used drives before inserting it to the RN104.
StephenB wrote: Also, step (4) should be unformatting the 3 TB drive. Though you can do that after you hot-insert it into the RN104.
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