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AHIT1
May 12, 2015Aspirant
RNDU2000 (RND-2A) Not Powering Up at all
Unhappy times in Newcastle after storm aftermath. Have a Netgear RNDU2000 NAS (RND-2A) with 2 x WCAWZ1544050 3.0TB WD SATA Drives (RAID 1) and have been using it as a home backup repo for several ...
mdgm-ntgr
May 12, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
1. Yes that would work. The OS is installed onto a partition on the drives, and the config is stored on the drives, as well as your data. Assuming the disks, array and volume are fine this should be straightforward.
2. Any legacy x86 ReadyNAS running 4.2.x would do, however they are all long end of life. You could get one of our new x86_64 devices e.g. 312. If you go down this route it would be best if you contact support and don't insert the disks from the old NAS until prompted to by support. Assuming the disks, array and volume are fine this should be straightforward.
3. Yes, you can use an ordinary x86 Linux box. Assuming the disks, array and volume are fine this should be straightforward.
2. Any legacy x86 ReadyNAS running 4.2.x would do, however they are all long end of life. You could get one of our new x86_64 devices e.g. 312. If you go down this route it would be best if you contact support and don't insert the disks from the old NAS until prompted to by support. Assuming the disks, array and volume are fine this should be straightforward.
3. Yes, you can use an ordinary x86 Linux box. Assuming the disks, array and volume are fine this should be straightforward.
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