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Aspirant

Jul 17, 2017

move Readynas HDDs 1500 to 4200 or 3200 without dataloss

hi, i have a readynas 1500 and was wondering if i can move the hdds to a empty 4200v1 or 3200v1 chassy without dataloss i am running out of space and i was wondering if its posable PS also ...

Installation & Upgrade

Salrus

Aspirant

Jul 17, 2017

So if I have 4x 2tb Seagate ironwolf I can move them without factory resetting?
Is there any other instructions i need to know or can I just unpack the unit move the drives and power it on or do I have to do something special

PS I am not aposed to buying a new nas but I want to make data transition easy and 4.2 to 6.0 migration is impossible I am told so I am stuck with 4.2

Sandshark
Sensei
Jul 18, 2017
Best practice is to first put a spare drive in the new unit and update the OS to the same version as the old. Or, if you have not been keeping current on the old, update it to whatever is in the new chassis. Then, yes, just swap the drives with the power off and power on.

This is a time where you may want to consider upgrading to OS6, which the 3200 and 4200 can run but your 1500 can't (due to it's 32-bit processor). Yes, doing that will wipe the drives, but it puts you in a better place for the future, IMHO. But you should already have a backup from which you can recover the data if that data is important to you.

One thing to consider also is that unless you have two 12-bay units, recovering from a hardware failure will be troublesome. One thing that can make that easier is to use two 6-drive arays instead of one 12-drive one. That way, the more readilly avaiialbe 6-bay units can be used for data recovery. I did just that until I got a second 4200.