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Moving hard drives and RAID
I'm perhaps overthinking this, but I wondered if I could run my plan by the community for feedback. I've got a ReadyNAS 102 with a 4TB hard drive, and I've just bought a 312 with another 4TB hard...
SisyphusBond wrote:
I'm perhaps overthinking this, but I wondered if I could run my plan by the community for feedback.
I've got a ReadyNAS 102 with a 4TB hard drive, and I've just bought a 312 with another 4TB hard drive. Will the following work?
1) Install the new 4TB drive into the 312.
2) Set the 312 drive to RAID 0
3) Copy over files from the 102 as needed
4) Set the 102 drive to RAID 0
5) Move the drive from the 102 to the 312
without losing any data? Are there any aspects I've forgotten or missed?
You have unneeded steps (assuming you want the usual xraid setup).
1) Install the new 4TB drive into the 312.
2) Copy over files from the 102 as needed
3) Move the drive from the 102 to the 312, and add it to the array.
Though I'd keep the RN102 running myself, and use it for backup.
1) Install the new 4TB drive into the 312.
2) Copy over files from the 102 as needed
3) Set up daily backup jobs on the RN102
4) Later on get another 4 TB drive for the RN312 (upgrading to RAID-1).
RAID is a good thing, but I'll take a completely independent backup over RAID any day.
StephenB wrote:You have unneeded steps (assuming you want the usual xraid setup).
1) Install the new 4TB drive into the 312.
2) Copy over files from the 102 as needed
3) Move the drive from the 102 to the 312, and add it to the array.
Though I'd keep the RN102 running myself, and use it for backup.
1) Install the new 4TB drive into the 312.
2) Copy over files from the 102 as needed
3) Set up daily backup jobs on the RN102
4) Later on get another 4 TB drive for the RN312 (upgrading to RAID-1).
RAID is a good thing, but I'll take a completely independent backup over RAID any day.
Actually I'm considering switching to FlexRAID to get the full 8TB storage space. I haven't fully made up my mind though, as I'm not sure how likely a problem is to occur (I've got WD Red drives) and, as you suggest, I've got completely independent backups of the most important stuff anyway (Using Bittorrent Sync).
In actual fact, I may be passing the 102 on to my parents, and then setting that up (again, with Bittorrent Sync) so that we each back up the other's important files anyway.
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