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X-RAID and access to data if box fails
I've had 2 Ultra 2 Plus boxes break on me in 4 years. The first time round I put one of the disks in a USB and got the data off as it was basically mirrored. Now I've had the second failure and it'...
With a RAID-5 array with N disks, you need at least N-1 disks connected to the system doing the recovery. There's a thread here which should give you some idea of what's involved: viewtopic.php?f=50&t=75900#p422576
You can of course use two RAID-1 volumes on the RN314 - which offers less space than RAID-5, but is easier to recover data from.
If the NAS fails (and the disks are intact) you can migrate the disks to a compatible replacement NAS. That would include the RN500 products. Netgear supports upward migration from RN100/RN200 arm systems to the RN300/RN500/RN700 intel systems, but not downward migration from the intel to arm.
How did the ultra's fail btw?
You can of course use two RAID-1 volumes on the RN314 - which offers less space than RAID-5, but is easier to recover data from.
If the NAS fails (and the disks are intact) you can migrate the disks to a compatible replacement NAS. That would include the RN500 products. Netgear supports upward migration from RN100/RN200 arm systems to the RN300/RN500/RN700 intel systems, but not downward migration from the intel to arm.
How did the ultra's fail btw?
Hello,
I have a Netgear RND4000-100NAS with a bad power supply. From what you wrote, if I purchase the Netgear ReadyNAS 402 and transfer the current hard drives into the new NAS, then I should be able to turn the NAS on and it will recognize the data already on the drives? Is it that simple or do I need to do special steps to make sure the new NAS does not reformat the hard drives, but recognize the data already on the drives?
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