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alberto42
Oct 24, 2012Aspirant
read a disk from raid 1 through external box
Hi, i have a ReadyNAS Duo v2 with two disk mount like a raid 1.
Can i attach one of the disk from this raid 1 through external box with usb to a PC? And how can i read the archives in it?
Thanks.
Can i attach one of the disk from this raid 1 through external box with usb to a PC? And how can i read the archives in it?
Thanks.
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- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredCan you confirm if this is a v1 or a v2?: http://www.rnasguide.com/2012/01/09/how-to-tell-whether-i-have-a-duo-v1-or-duo-v2-or-nv-v1-or-nv-v2/
- alberto42AspirantYes, it's a V2. I'm working on based windows system. My laptop detects the disc removed but I can not see the information.
- alberto42AspirantToo, say that i have on Flex-RAID.
- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredWell the ReadyNAS uses md devices and LVM. You'd need to use a tool that could work with that. This is useful for data recovery more as a last resort.
X-RAID2 and Flex-RAID are both the same when it comes to the comment I made above.
The way to do backups would be to backup to a USB disk another NAS or some place else. - alberto42AspirantOk. Thank you. Then only you can view content from linux. Right?
Again, thank you. - StephenBGuru - Experienced UserIf your disks are independent volumes (jbod) or mirrored (xraid-2 or raid-1 with your duo) then you could probably read them on a Windows machine using the ext2fsd drivers. http://www.ext2fsd.com/?page_id=16
There are also some commercial data recovery packages for Windows that claim support for RAID/Linux file systems.
The best approach is to do backups to a disk format that is native to windows. Otherwise you are hoping that the NAS volume has not been corrupted by the failure, as well as dealing with the mechanics of accessing the data. - alberto42AspirantThanks again. Very useful information.
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