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Aspirant

Mar 08, 2018

Infrant ReadyNas + to Netgear ReadyNas + can I swap disks?

I am unsure of the model number. It says Infarant on my manual and it is a ReadyNas NV+ with 4 bays that I filled with disks. I have a Netgear ReadyNas NV+ which is running the same firmware. I...

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mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Mar 08, 2018

Hopefully that would work.

The migration process does indicate to only move redundant arrays but seeing you have a backup and suspect a hardware problem with the disk bay in the older unit it’s worth a try.

Power down both units. Remove disks (label order).

Don’t forget to recalibrate the fan under Status > Health after moving the disks across.

auntlisal

Aspirant

Mar 09, 2018

It did not work. The NAS would not boot. If I buy a new NAS, does Netgear still help migrate over my data?

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 09, 2018
auntlisal wrote:

If I buy a new NAS, does Netgear still help migrate over my data?

Yes, but they will charge the data recovery rate. https://kb.netgear.com/29876/ReadyNAS-Migrating-disks-from-RAIDiator-4-1-or-RAIDiator-5-3-to-ReadyNAS-OS-6
- auntlisal
  Aspirant
  Mar 09, 2018
  I read the link thank you. But if I cannot read my disks now because the Nas will not boot, what chance will I have reading them this way? I do have an entire NAS to move the data too, but how do you get the data from the disks? do you use the new NAS to read them?
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Mar 09, 2018
    Netgear can temporarily mount them on an OS-6 NAS, as pointed out in the article. Then you'd need to copy the data to other storage.
    
    If the array is healthy, it is possible to mount it in an x86 linux PC - you do need to connect the disks either with SATA or USB dock. Note most PCs can be booted up on linux. Let us know if you are interested in trying that.