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Mvone2
Jul 24, 2018Aspirant
ReadyNAS NV+ (SPARC) Migrate Data to ReadyNAS RN524X00
In June 2007 I purchased ReadyNAS NV+ (from Infrant) and it has been running non-stop for the last 11 years. Only powered down about twice a year for cleaning. It has been a reliable workhorse, nev...
- Jul 24, 2018
Hi Mvone2
Welcome to the Community!
There are a few ways where you can transfer the files from your NV+ to RN524X but Ithink the best way provided that your NV+ is still running fine would be to create a RSYNC backup job. Here is an article about this setup.
Other ways would be to transfer to a USB drive that can accommodate most of your data and transfer it to your new NAS.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Marc_V
Jul 24, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Mvone2
Welcome to the Community!
There are a few ways where you can transfer the files from your NV+ to RN524X but Ithink the best way provided that your NV+ is still running fine would be to create a RSYNC backup job. Here is an article about this setup.
Other ways would be to transfer to a USB drive that can accommodate most of your data and transfer it to your new NAS.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Mvone2
Aug 11, 2018Aspirant
Marc_V,
If your still there... Or anyone else, all went well and very smooth using RSYNC as you recommended, thank you. How do I similarly transfer the user home shares? Would appear to be a different process.
Thank you,
Mark
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