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I am thinking about upgrading my Ultra 2 plus to OS6. I don't have another disk large enough to backup my readynas /c drive ahead of time. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions for how I ca...
OS6 should recognize it.
Though it is actually faster to connect the USB to a PC, and copy over a gigabit network. At least according to the original smallnetbuilder review.
In any event, you should use NTFS formatting, so you have something you can read if the upgrade fails.
I understand that.
Do you know if OS6 on the Ultra 2 plus supports the external USB port? If I pull the drive, plug it into USB and use ReadyNAS4 to format it and then backup the data, then upgrade to OS6, will OS6 recognize that external USB drive?
OS6 should recognize it.
Though it is actually faster to connect the USB to a PC, and copy over a gigabit network. At least according to the original smallnetbuilder review.
In any event, you should use NTFS formatting, so you have something you can read if the upgrade fails.
Not sure if this is the right thread but I'll ask anyway. I have a ReadyNAS NV+ v2 with 4 bays and with 2 3TB drives mirrored. I want to upgrade to a ReadyNAS 200 as this has more built in Ram and faster processor. My question is can I just take the drives out of my current NAS and place them in the new one without any issue? As far I can can see there should be no problem but maybe someone knows better?
Greatful for any help.
clrob11 wrote:
I have a ReadyNAS NV+ v2 with 4 bays and with 2 3TB drives mirrored. I want to upgrade to a ReadyNAS 200 as this has more built in Ram and faster processor. My question is can I just take the drives out of my current NAS and place them in the new one without any issue?
You can repurpose the drives, but you can't migrate the data. You'll have to back up the data, and restore it after the RN200 installation completes.
Instead, I suggest getting new drives for the RN200, and use the NV+ v2 for for backup.
yes that was my conclusion. Thanks
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