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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).
Hi, per your message:
"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."
So can you help me explore just a disk upgrade on the pro 6. I've got 6x1TB w/ XRAID2. If I do an upgrade to this box, I'd like to do a disk by disk swap, without needing to backup existing data. What is max size I could go to? 6x3TB or 6x4TB? Thanks
If your original factory install was 6x1TB, then it could expand to a 13 TB volume. So if that's the case, you could go with 5x3TB+1TB.
But if you started with 1x1TB, then the ceiling would be 9 TB, and you'd be limited to 3x3TB+3x1TB
The most flexible approach is to switch to OS-6 (although it does require a factory reset). Then you have no known expansion limits.
If you have no backup strategy in place, then I'd suggest getting the 526x with new disks, and then re-purposing the pro as a backup NAS. You could then increase its capacity over time (shifting to OS 6 when/if expansion fails). That's what I'm doing myself.
Yes, the unit was purchased with the 6x1TB factory installed. So I guess I could go to 13TB.
You make an interesting point. I'm a bit conflicted on what direction makes the most sense. The idea of having a back up unit is appealing, and once I got everything migrated over to the new NAS that would allow for a reset and expansion of the old unit with the new firmware.
I had looked at the links you provided upthread on migration. Anything even simpler available? Also is it possible/is there any advantage to connect the old and new NAS via USB directly for migration or should they just both be on the network?
Thanks for all your help, both for me and others on here.
There's no way to connect the two NAS together via USB.
If you re-purpose the pro as a backup, then you'd use frontview backup jobs to copy the data over the network to the 526X. Once done, you'd reverse the backup jobs so the pro backs up the 526x on schedule. I think this is the best option really, unless you need to sell the pro in order to afford the new NAS.
If you decide instead to use your existing disks in the 526X, then you'd need to use the migration feature - which requires you to make a backup anyway. If you must reuse the existing disks, it'll be simpler to make the backup while the pro is still running.
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