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Migrate ReadyNAS Pro 6 to ReadyNAS 526X? Questions: Diskless? Easiest reliable migration approach?
I have a ReadyNAS Pro 6 with 6 1TB drives and will need to upgrade. Since I'm running out of space and this unit is EOL it seems time to move on. I'm thinking I should get a ReadyNAS 526X. I'm thi...
Your pro has plenty of headroom, you could certainly upgrade the drives in it. Though it won't expand more than 8 TiB from the original volume configuration w/o a factory reset, you could certainly back up the data, install 6x4TB, and do a factory reset.
Though the RN526x looks like a very good NAS, so it is a nice upgrade.
The easiest way to migrate your data is set up the old NAS (leaving the old one operational).Then use frontview backup (choosing rsync as the protocol). I always do one backup job per share.
When you are done, you could use your pro as a backup NAS (perhaps converting it to OS 6).
If I use Frontview/Backup - then what options and settings would I want to choose to copy over the entire NAS to a new NAS? Is there a step by step tutorial on this someplace?
Well, I always do one backup job per share myself.
There's a pretty good backup faq here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29788/~/readynas-backup-faq?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
This section is closest to what you want: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29741?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
OS-4 offers the same backup options as OS6, though they are organized somewhat differently in the UI.
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