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Moving complete volume from RN314 to RN316
This may be obvoius to the experienced user, but wanted a "gut check" before I jump off the deep end. I have a relatively new RN314 with 3 of 4 disk slots filled. Operating in X-Raid. I like the hardware so much, I'm willing this one month old box to my daughter and I just bought an RN316. I intend to "replicate" our files across our two boxes for our own version of cloud backup.
My question is simple - can I simply remove the 3 disks in my RN314 and place them in my new RN316 without any other action? I see instructions in the manual related to "exporting" volumes, but I also see some chatter in here about how exported volumes sometimes don't come back up correctly.
For the record, both machines have OS version 6.4.2.
If you are moving all the disks across and those will be the only disks in the new NAS then you don't need to use the export volume feature at all.
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All you need to do is:
1. Power down both systems
2. Remove disks (label order)
3. Move the 3 disks across keeping the order the same (make sure they are the only disks in the new NAS)
4. Power on.
Many thanks. When does "exporting" come into play?
If you are moving all the disks across and those will be the only disks in the new NAS then you don't need to use the export volume feature at all.
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