Moving from NAS4Free to Duo v2

Question

Hi to all,As you can see, I already have home made NAS server (NAS4Free), and today I bought ReadyNAS Duo v2. I have two disks in Raid 1, so my question is how to transfer those disks into Duo v2. Should I move one disk into Duo v2, and do factory reset, and after that copy data from NAS4Free on that disk, and after that add another HDD into Duo v2 and make Raid 1 in Duo v2?I hope that I explained my situation..Thanks in advance.

mdgm-ntgr · Answer

That's possible. If you use the default X-RAID2 (assuming this is a Duo v2: http://www.rnasguide.com/2012/01/09/how-to-tell-whether-i-have-a-duo-v1-or-duo-v2-or-nv-v1-or-nv-v2/) when you add the second disk it would sync the disks sector by sector to setup the RAID.

I would suggest using new disks though.

If you do choose to use your old disks I'd suggest you connect the disk to an internal SATA port in your PC and delete the partitions off it (but do not format it). The NAS will format the drive. Hot-add (add while NAS is on) the second disk and it will be wiped and added to the array.

biker972 · Answer

Thanks, so the best solution would be, to put those disks together in Duo v2, before that, copy all data to some external disk, and after format and Raid 1 build, copy the data back to those disks.

mdgm-ntgr · Answer

That is another option.

biker972 · Answer

Thanks

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