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Replacing the drive with an SSD
Welcome, I would like to replace drive 1, where I think the settings and user accounts and snapshots are stored. How do I replace this drive without losing data, how do I correctly copy the data to ...
Since your basic assumption is wrong, perhaps you can explain your intent of this swap so we can help you make a decision. In general, swapping a single drive for an SSD accomplishes nothing. Also, what if the drive and volume make-up on your NAS? Is the NAS still running OS4.2.x or is it a V2 and you converted to OS6? (Or is it not a rack-mount RN2120 as you stated?)
Sandshark wrote:
Since your basic assumption is wrong, perhaps you can explain your intent of this swap so we can help you make a decision. In general, swapping a single drive for an SSD accomplishes nothing. Also, what if the drive and volume make-up on your NAS? Is the NAS still running OS4.2.x or is it a V2 and you converted to OS6? (Or is it not a rack-mount RN2120 as you stated?)
Lukasino: I missed the model information. I am a bit confused, since you have earlier posts talking about your RN3138.
Either way it should be running OS-6 (the RN2100 was 4.2.x). But it is important to understand what NAS you have and what firmware you are running.
If you are running jbod, then an SSD will improve performance for any shares that are hosted on that drive. It won't make much difference for the OS itself, since any writes to the OS still have to be mirrored.
Welcome,
I have two devices:
ReadyNAS 2120 software 6.10.10
ReadyNAS 3138 software 6.10.10On the main drive, there are user folders and network files that we work on, mainly word and excel. Backups are made on the other drives. Users sometimes experience slower performance on network documents. I thought an SSD might solve this problem.
Lukasino wrote:
Welcome,
I have two devices:
ReadyNAS 2120 software 6.10.10
ReadyNAS 3138 software 6.10.10As I mentioned above, sector-by-sector cloning to the SSD is the simplest path.
What disk models are you using?
I'm still considering whether to give the SSD as a 5th drive. I need to see in the manual if the 2120 like the 3138 has free SATA ports inside. Then it was made a folder for documents there.
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