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Need to destroy volume and change RAID levels, best backup and restore strategy?
I have a ReadyNAS device running OS6 that was unfortunately setup for RAID 5 (the rediculousness of XRAID2's default behaviour with 6 disks) and need to change it to RAID 1+0 which I know how to do b...
Hello pelo88,
You might want to read How do I backup my system configuration on my ReadyNAS OS 6 storage system? article.
Backup the data first, either to a USB disk plugged in to the NAS or to another storage on the network.
Regards,
I think this is right. We backup the data in the shares first then use the backup configuration page choosing everything. When doing the restore, use the backup configuration file first (probably reboot) then restore the data on top of that. Okay thank you!
pelo88 wrote:
I think this is right. We backup the data in the shares first then use the backup configuration page choosing everything. When doing the restore, use the backup configuration file first (probably reboot) then restore the data on top of that. Okay thank you!Don't forget to uninstall your apps first (and reinstall them after you have the new volumes set up).
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