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ReadyNAS NVX Failure - Lost Everything, Please Help
This was my first NAS server and I’ve loved it for the last two years. But I’d gotten it second hand so there was no warranty or registration available. Last night I noticed the fan working pretty ha...
Hey guys, I managed to find another legacy model in really good condition. Since it's the exact same model do I need any sort of migration or can I just swap the disks out as is?
It is a good idea to test your replacement device with a single SPARE disk drive, to ensure that it will boot up and run, and it is also a good to make sure that the firmware is up to date.
Assuming the new device boots up and appears to function properly on the SPARE drive, then you should simply power down, unplug, insert your old drives into the new device and power back up.
You may need to reconfigure the network if you had any custom/non-default settings, but otherwise it should be back up and working *ASSUMING* no damage happened to either disks or their data.
Also, to repeat the previous posts, *MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP IMPORTANT DATA*.
NO raid or single device is ever perfectly safe, bad things CAN and WILL happen.
YOU and YOU alone are responsible for the safety of your data.
backup means multiple copies of your data, on physically separate devices, and ideally stored in different locations (think fire or flood or theft).
Cheers for the reply. And preach no further, I have a couple TBs of external drive I'll be backing up the really important stuff to.
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