Hi everyone,After my close call with almost losing a volume (viewtopic.php?f=66&t=55910), it is time to seriously consider moving to dual-redundancy for my main NAS with a complete kept-up-to-date backup. Right now my backups are fragmented onto various devices and recovery would be very time-consuming.The solution seems to be a second 6-bay NAS (probably a Pro 6). The plan would be to set up the new NAS with dual redundancy and this would be the primary device. I would then want to clone the existing NAS data onto the new one with my original NAS becoming my backup device. I initially thought ReadyNAS Replicate would do this given its name, but this doesn't appear to be the case (viewtopic.php?f=138&t=56447).Is there a recommended guide for efficiently moving to a new NAS?Thanks!

I would recommend you purchase the Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200). A key difference is the faster CPU: CPU Specs of the ReadyNASIf purchasing diskless, I would suggest you put one disk in the new NAS, upgrade to the latest RAIDiator (be sure to reboot when prompted to install the update and then verify the update was successful). Then power down, put all disks in (must be at least four) and do a factory default via the boot menu (http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu). Discover the NAS using RAIDar (http://www.readynas.com/downloads) A few checks will be run, then a 10 minute window will commence where you can click setup and choose X-RAID2 and tick the dual-redundancy option (I believe this is the default when you have 6 disks installed in the NAS when you do a factory reset, but best to make sure). Be sure to confirm your choice. The volume will then be created and you will have a clean setup on the latest firmware.I would setup the new NAS perhaps configuring manually or restoring from Config Backup. I would suggest you at the very least backup the users and group from the old NAS and restore them to the new one. The key thing is you want the same users and groups with the same UIDs and GIDs respectively.You can use Frontview backup jobs to transfer the data across. You can use NFS for the first backup and then edit the backup job properties to use Rsync for incrementals.

It's been a while since I reviewed the specs - you're right. The Pro 6 is the only way to go...I'll go the diskless route - I'm comfortable with installing drives. Looking at the cost for pre-configured NAS boxes makes the eyes bleed. I'll save a ton of money going diskless and installing myself. I'll spend some of the savings on a memory upgrade. Any recommendations?Edit: never mind - found this topic: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=56166

Do note that memory upgrades are not supported. If you have issues NetGear will deny support. Memory manufacturers have changed memory modules rendering them incompatible but keeping the same module number so NetGear removed the memory compatibility list.Like the Pro BE, the Pro 6 has 2 memory slots. So like on the Pro BE you can use 2x4GB RAM modules. Take a look at the community HCL for memory: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=110I would run at least a few passes of the memory test (http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu) before trusting the memory.

Thanks for the pointer to the community HCL. It looks like an overnight test of the memory to get >5 loops through the memory test to complete is the way to be confident in the memory.

Ack! Newegg is out of stock of the Pro 6 diskless!Where have all the Pro 6 models gone at newegg? At the weekend there were 5 or 6 - now there is only 1. eAegis is out of the diskless Pro 6 too!Product refresh in the offing???

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Sunday_Afterno1
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Aug 30, 2011
Thanks Papabear - I obviously can't read...
PapaBear1
Apprentice
Aug 30, 2011
It took me a few minutes to find it, and I was familiar with their site. Obviously Netgear isn't paying them enough to get a top billing any more. Amazon also has it, but it is $1085 rather than $975.
Sunday_Afterno1
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Aug 31, 2011
eAegis gets my business again. I've purchased ALL my ReadyNAS from them. The only problem is that the free ground shipping from FL means that it will take a while to get to me here in CA. I have my drives & memory upgrade chosen and will use newegg in a couple of days to coordinate arrival of everything. Can't wait...
Sunday_Afterno1
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Sep 10, 2011
The new NAS is here and configuration is proceeding well.

Firmware has been updated with a single drive as suggested by mdgm - it shipped with 4.2.15 which meant that the installed 3TB was incorrectly recognized as a 1TB drive. Updating to 4.2.19 followed by a factory default corrected this.

The upgraded memory passed 7 runs of the Boot Menu >> Memory Test.

All 6 drives were installed and a factory default performed again to build the array with dual redundancy.

I interrupted the sync stage of the volume creation to do Boot Menu >> Test Disks. The packing of the HDDs from NewEgg wan't the best and I want to know sooner rather than later if any of the drives were damaged in shipment. The box is currently 75% through checking the disks so things are looking pretty good.

I'll update again when I have the new box fully configured.

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