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ReadyNAS RN10200 - How to transfer 4TB original data to a new 8TB hard drive?
Hi All,
I've been using the ReadyNAS RN10200 for a few years & its been great. But now I'm running out of space & read that with the new firmware updates, the ReadyNAS RN10200 can have a capacity of 16TB. So I recently bought an WD RED 8TB hard drive. I was planning to take out the 4TB hard drive, put it in an enclosure, then put in the new 8TB hard drive in the ReadyNAS RN102, then transfer the data from 4TB to the 8TB, once copied, delete the 4TB hard drive & add it in the second bay. I would like to use it for aditional storage but have it sepately from the 8TB hard drive, so in the future i can change the 4TB & upgrade to 8TB. Or maybe use the 4TB for some type of raid back up. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way in doing this? Sorry kinda a noob here, thanks everyone.
Re: ReadyNAS RN10200 - How to transfer 4TB original data to a new 8TB hard drive?
Click on the 8 TB drive in the center. Then you should be able to create a second jbod volume. If the "Create Volume" button won't respond, then click on "format" after you select the 8 TB drive.
Re: ReadyNAS RN10200 - How to transfer 4TB original data to a new 8TB hard drive?
What you can do is switch to flexraid, and then add the 8 TB drive as a second jbod volume. Then you can simply use both drives (having 12 TB of storage). Or you can transfer data using the Web UI backup jobs, and destroy the original 4 TB volume. After that you just remove the 4 TB drive and reformat it as you wish.
If you do transfer data, you'd need to create temporary share names for each share (and set up a backup job for each share). Then rename the shares after you destroy the original volume.
Re: ReadyNAS RN10200 - How to transfer 4TB original data to a new 8TB hard drive?
FYI, the firmware update has nothing to do with expanding the drive size max. Netgear just advertises the NAS size based on the max drive size available at the time of release. Your NAS has, and has always had, the ability to use drives much larger than currently available. Of course, a 102 is limited by CPU and memory, so there is likely a reasonable limit beyond which you just wouldn't want to expand.
Re: ReadyNAS RN10200 - How to transfer 4TB original data to a new 8TB hard drive?
Hi Stephen,
I've switched to flexraid & added the 8TB. What do I do next to use the 8TB as a second jbod volume? I've attached a screenshot to show what options I have. But just wondering if i do this, will I lose the data on the 4TB hard drive?
Re: ReadyNAS RN10200 - How to transfer 4TB original data to a new 8TB hard drive?
Click on the 8 TB drive in the center. Then you should be able to create a second jbod volume. If the "Create Volume" button won't respond, then click on "format" after you select the 8 TB drive.
