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ReadyNAS Pro 6, HDD change, RAIDiator update, deselect snap
Hello Forum-Users!
The NAS is running on RAIDiator 4.2.15 with two HDDs each 1TB capacity, configured in X-Raid2 and with Snapshot-Space of 50GB enabled but unused.
The unit is a ReadyNAS Pro 6, purchased in 2012.
Now I’d like to exchange the HDDs with again two HDDs and a capacity of 2TB each but without snapshots enabled.
Feasible and particularly clean solution as follows (basically like a new setup):
First : Backup the data on an external drive
Second: Update the RAIDiator to the latest version (subsequently its not possible to use the HDDs installed with RAIDiator 4.2.15 further?)
Thirdly: Install the new HDDs in the NAS
Fourthly: Setting NAS options, create shares and copy the data back
In case of an error due to a defective backup is it possible to put the old HDDs back in place without issues?
Something attention should be paid to?
Are there alternative solutions?
Besides I’d like to replace a fan. Am I right in assuming that any 3-pin fan can be installed?
Thank you in advance!
The NAS is running on RAIDiator 4.2.15 with two HDDs each 1TB capacity, configured in X-Raid2 and with Snapshot-Space of 50GB enabled but unused.
The unit is a ReadyNAS Pro 6, purchased in 2012.
Now I’d like to exchange the HDDs with again two HDDs and a capacity of 2TB each but without snapshots enabled.
Feasible and particularly clean solution as follows (basically like a new setup):
First : Backup the data on an external drive
Second: Update the RAIDiator to the latest version (subsequently its not possible to use the HDDs installed with RAIDiator 4.2.15 further?)
Thirdly: Install the new HDDs in the NAS
Fourthly: Setting NAS options, create shares and copy the data back
In case of an error due to a defective backup is it possible to put the old HDDs back in place without issues?
Something attention should be paid to?
Are there alternative solutions?
Besides I’d like to replace a fan. Am I right in assuming that any 3-pin fan can be installed?
Thank you in advance!
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In case of an error due to a defective backup is it possible to put the old HDDs back in place without issues?
Yes. Just place them back on the same bay. All the original drives. That should work.
Make sure you put them back with the NAS powered down!RVTJR wrote: In case of an error due to a defective backup is it possible to put the old HDDs back in place without issues?
Yes. Just place them back on the same bay. All the original drives. That should work.
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