Move NV+ raid to NV+ ver2 possible??

[blaize]

As the title says, my Readynas NV+ has died and I have the opportunity to purchase a new NV+ ver2 cheaply and wanted to know if I fitted my old drives (4 x 2TB) into the new ver2 chassis would it recognize my existing volume?

Thanks,
Tony

[mdgm-ntgr]

No. Different RAID format.

When did you purchase the v1?

Is your serial number in the range of units with PSUs known to fail prematurely?

[blaize]

Thanks mdgm no its not in the range and it died after a storm so not really a warranty thing, Yes I now have a UPS as well :shock:
I can borrow a friends V1 NV+ so I might just buy some new drives and manually transfer the data that way.

Cheers,
Tony

[mdgm-ntgr]

Yes you can borrow a friend's v1 unit. Make sure it's running at least as new firmware as yours was before moving the disks across and follow the instructions here: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_migrate_disks_over_from_an_existing_readynas_to_another

Another less desirable alternative would be to try data recovery using Linux. See Mounting Sparc-based ReadyNAS Drives in x86-based Linux

Of course if the NAS was damaged by a storm it's possible one or more of the hard drives may have been too. If that's the case you may need to restore from backup. A power surge can damage anything and everything though hopefully your disks are fine.