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New RN314 3x4TB Question
Just bought a new RN314 because I couldn't upgrade my old Duo v1 past 2TB. I have 2x4TB Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000 drives and 1x4TB Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000, all 5900 rpm. Is there any benefit t...
If you are using xraid, just put all the drives in at the beginning, and power up the unit. Slot number doesn't matter.
A factory reset will wipe the old drives.
Another way is to hook them up to a windows PC, and zero them with seatools. If you can hook them up with SATA, seatools will zero them using a special new ATA command (secure erase) which is built into every new drive. Otherwise it will do a block by block erase. Then put them back into the duo, and when the new owner starts it up, and the system will do a factory install then.
A factory reset will wipe the old drives.
Another way is to hook them up to a windows PC, and zero them with seatools. If you can hook them up with SATA, seatools will zero them using a special new ATA command (secure erase) which is built into every new drive. Otherwise it will do a block by block erase. Then put them back into the duo, and when the new owner starts it up, and the system will do a factory install then.
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