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Possible?: Upgrading from Duo v1 to NV+ v2
Hi guys, I am increasingly running out of space on my old Duo and there isn't any way to expand this device any further (or not that I am aware of). If I bought an NV+ 2 or maybe something bigger....
But surely one could do a semi-destructive transfer...?
I'm thinking of upgrading from a Duo v1 to a Duo v2, mainly because it is becoming obvious that support (read: interest) for the sparc device is disappearing. I have been thinking of the upgrade mechanics as well. I have 2 disks running in X-Raid. Mirrored.
I'd have thought that you could:
1) Remove drive 2 from the Duo, and thus render it as a single-drive file server.
2) Put drive 2 in as drive 1 of the Duo v2. It would be formatted, and empty.
3) Perform a complete copy from the Duo v1 to the Duo v2
4) Turn off the Duo v1, and pull out disk 1
5) Put the disk in as disk 2 of the Duo v2. This should format it, and then begin to synch the two disks until they are mirrored again...
No? If you do that over 24-48 hours your period of risk is small. On top of that if you in fact have an off-site backup (as I do) you could do the file copy from the off-site disk into the Duo v2 before switching it off...
I'm thinking of upgrading from a Duo v1 to a Duo v2, mainly because it is becoming obvious that support (read: interest) for the sparc device is disappearing. I have been thinking of the upgrade mechanics as well. I have 2 disks running in X-Raid. Mirrored.
I'd have thought that you could:
1) Remove drive 2 from the Duo, and thus render it as a single-drive file server.
2) Put drive 2 in as drive 1 of the Duo v2. It would be formatted, and empty.
3) Perform a complete copy from the Duo v1 to the Duo v2
4) Turn off the Duo v1, and pull out disk 1
5) Put the disk in as disk 2 of the Duo v2. This should format it, and then begin to synch the two disks until they are mirrored again...
No? If you do that over 24-48 hours your period of risk is small. On top of that if you in fact have an off-site backup (as I do) you could do the file copy from the off-site disk into the Duo v2 before switching it off...
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