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From NV+ to 316
Hi! I have had a working NV+ for many years and just upgraded to a 316 that I bought on eBay. I have 4 2TB drives at 46% capacity of 5.44 TB in my NV+ (with very little use on them). I would like t...
PatrickJ wrote:
Hi StephenB,
Thanks for replying! What do you think about buying a 3TB disk, doing a full backup from the NV+ to the 3TB in the 316 and then vertically expanding my array using the disks in the NV+?
That won't work with XRAID. Once you have the 3 TB volume, you can't expand it unless you add 3 TB or larger disks.
The external drive is probably a better bet. You will need to do that backup through a PC, since the NV+ won't recognize a 3 TB drive (either USB or internal).
XRAID cannot contract, it only expands. Removing the second disk from the NV+ will destroy the array. I don't see any need to use the 350 GB drive, if you want to use XRAID on the RN316 it will limit expansion until you replace it with a 2 TB drive..
It is safest to have a full backup of the NV+. Then you can move all the drives, get the RN316 set up, and restore the data from the backup.
1.8 TiB of data is a bit awkward, as it won't fit on a 2 TB disk (which holds 1.8 TiB). So you will need to back up at least some of the files or get two new 2TB drives to start the RN316 (giving you a 4 TB volume when you migrate the first disk from the NV+).
Hi StephenB,
Thanks for replying! What do you think about buying a 3TB disk, doing a full backup from the NV+ to the 3TB in the 316 and then vertically expanding my array using the disks in the NV+? I'll have some unused space in the end (~1TB), but it seems easy. What do you think? Or am I better off backing up to the 3TB externally and starting the array off fresh?
Thanks again!
Patrick
PatrickJ wrote:
Hi StephenB,
Thanks for replying! What do you think about buying a 3TB disk, doing a full backup from the NV+ to the 3TB in the 316 and then vertically expanding my array using the disks in the NV+?
That won't work with XRAID. Once you have the 3 TB volume, you can't expand it unless you add 3 TB or larger disks.
The external drive is probably a better bet. You will need to do that backup through a PC, since the NV+ won't recognize a 3 TB drive (either USB or internal).
Awesome! Thanks for the great advice, StephenB. Can I later add the 3TB drive to the 2 TB disk array if I want?
That helps me a lot, I really appreciate it!
Best,
Patrick
PatrickJ wrote:
Awesome! Thanks for the great advice, StephenB. Can I later add the 3TB drive to the 2 TB disk array if I want?
Yes. You can either add it, or replace a 2 TB drive with a 3 TB drive. As you know, you'll waste 1 TB of space on the drive until you add a second one.
I suggest NAS-purposed drives (WDC Red or Seagate VN) or an enterprise drive. I recommend avoiding the Seagate DM.
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