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ReadyNAS Management services offline after 6.5.2 update
I have been using my RN104 successfully since it installation.
Running 4 x 3TB approved drives without incident.
Installing firmware upgrades when prompted.
But with the upgrade from 6.5.1 to 6...
It appears the problem is now fixed. The system has booted up and the management service is offline.
Still it's good to have a backup.
If I connect a large USB3 drive to the USB slot on the unit will that be a faster transfer?
Xaarman wrote:
If I connect a large USB3 drive to the USB slot on the unit will that be a faster transfer?
That depends. If you drag/drop data from your PC, then no - that data will also be routed through the PC.
If you connect a USB drive to the RN104 and then set up a backup using the web ui, the backup will run faster. I measured around 55 MB/sec last spring using an NTFS-formatted SSD drive in a USB 3.0 enclosure. That was on an RN102 running 6.5.0-RC2 (a beta release).
Backing up RN104->RN102 using NFS will be that fast or faster. RN104->NV+ will be slower (15-20 MB/sec).
If you use USB backup, check the snapshot settings on the shares and make sure you have "allow shapshot access" unchecked.
Thank you for your advice.
Irony is I was just about to decomission (and sell) the RN102.......
Just so I understand....
I have about 4+TB of data on the RN104 to save.
I do not have enough space at the moment to transfer it to.
If I have read the literature correctly, I can do an upgrade of the RN102 by using new drives: 2 x 6TB (WD RED WD60EFRX) which will give me about 5+TB of free space.
I think it will take about 7 days to complete this task by the time the RN102 formats/assimilates both drives.
*Can I replace these drives one at a time to save the data on the RN102?
THEN I must set up "Netgear back up" to copy the data from the RN104 to the RN102.
The transfer speed will be approx 50MB/s. My calculations suggest this will be a 24hr process via my modem - TP-link W8960N
Once this is done, we "fix" the RN104 and return the data back.
Does this sound correct and feasable?
I don't think it will take a full week to sync 2x6TB RAID-1, but you can certainly save some time by setting up the RN102 w/o RAID. For instance, create 2 independent volumes (~6 TB each). Perhaps back up everything to volume 1 over the network, and then copy volume 1 to volume 2 internally if you want a little more safety. Or just backup some shares to volume 1, and other shares to volume 2.
You could use rsync for the backup instead of NFS, though that is slower. If you want to keep the RN102 running as a backup NAS, it might be worth the extra time to set it up that way from the beginning.
FWIW I use my RN102 as a backup to my main NAS (a pro-6 running RAID-5). The RN102 has a WD60EFRX and a WD80EFZX, both as separate volumes - giving me ~14 TB of backup space. I have another backup NAS (an RN202) similarly configured. I'm comfortable w/o RAID since I have two separate backups.
Thank your you advice.
Though I have some technical skills I don't have the time to educate myself for this task.
I bought the NAS as a "turnkey" solution! And, up until now, it has worked a treat.
Now that I know the new drives will work, I will perservere to change the drives and backup as I had listed earlier.
One way or another, the data needs to go to a new location while repairs are undertaken.
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