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Replacing ReadyNAS RN31400 Chassis
Hello,
my 4 years old RN31400 contains 4 harddisks and starts to be very loud sometimes, possibly the fan.
Today I upgraded the firmware to 6.10.2
So I decided to replace the chassis with a new one.
Is it possibly to put the existing 4 hds into the new chassis (exact same model) without data loss?
There are about 10 TB of data, which would cost many hours to backup and restore, so I hope I can avoid this.
BPreusing wrote:
Your hint to RMA is welcome, but now I have ordered a RN424. If the noise persists, I have to determine, which disk it is and replace it and the old chassis will become a backup device, replacing my much older RNDU2120.
I do get the plan. But if turns out to be the chassis, you could still do an RMA of the old one (and use the RMA as the backup). Just a thought.
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JohnCM_S wrote:
Yes, you can move your 4 existing HDDs to the new RN314 without losing your data. You just need to make sure that you put the disks on the same slot.
Note you can directly migrate to any RN31x, RN42x, RN52x, or RN62x, as long as it has at least four bays.
The warranty on the RN314 is 5 years for the original purchaser - if you are still covered, you could request an RMA. Though it'd be good to confirm that the issue is the fan, and not the disks.
You could also replace the main fan in the RN314 (though that's not something I've done).
Thank you very much for your very enlightening answer!
I will replace it with a RN42400.
Shouldn't I see harddisk errors in mail or at least SMART-display? There everything seems OK.
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