NV+ won't boot with new harddrive in

mdgm wrote:
Well that's up to you. I would recommend getting a newer model. The NV+ is quite old now. Note that the RAID format is different so you can't simply move disks across. You could however use e.g. backup jobs to copy the data across your network to the new NAS.

Would running a backup from the NV+ to a new NAS be any different functionally than just doing a straight file copy?

Do you have any recommendations for a new NAS? It's just for home use, but it needs a decent amount of expandability, and my NV+ already has over 5GB's on it, plus I use it extensively for streaming HD media off of, so performance is a factor (something which the NV+ never quite measured up to). I'm going to start seriously researching my options tomorrow, and I've turned off my NV+ for now to hopefully preserve it until I get a replacement.

mdgm wrote:
Did you add the drive while the NAS was off or while it was on. I recommend adding it while the NAS is on. Note however that if a drive is failing and the array is already not redundant then doing a resync is a bad idea as it puts heavy stress on all disks. You could encounter a dual-drive failure condition. The best thing to do is to backup your data as the next step.

I tried it while the NAS was off first, but I had no luck, so then I tried it while it was on. Still no luck though obviously. Unfortunately I don't have enough storage available outside of the NV+ to backup everything. I'm going to get anything I can't easily replace off of it for now at least, so if I DO lose the array I won't want to shoot myself. :P