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Hello, I am facing problem with ReadyNAS 2100. I thought problem is faulty PSU (no sign of life at all) so I replaced PSU with normal ATX one for test and then I even tried another flex PSU. Orange led on motherboard is on, but device wont start. So I would call it dead and move on with 2120 but, I need to recover 5,5TB data from 4x2TB raid 5 setup. Netgear support said that there is no way doing it directly in 2120, so I am asking if somebody has faced same problem.
It's possible that you can access your data via the RN2120 but it will go through a data recovery process that will cost you money. From there, you'd be able to back everything up and set it up all over again. Take note that 2100 is a legacy x86 and the RN2120 is ARM, they have difference in architecture and they're not directly compatible with each other. By the way, is your 2100 out of warranty?
I managed to fix motherboard, changing blown MOSFET, so now Readynas is starting, but during repair I had to takeout battery from Motherboard (which made configuration reset I guess?) and I am afraid to put disks back in. Will NAS initialize disks and erase array or it will boot normaly from system installed on array, are you able to help me please ?
It should just boot off the array (I think the battery mainly keeps the real time clock running).
If you are concerned, just put in a scratch disk first (by itself). The NAS should install to it of course. Then shutdown, and replace the scratch with your array.
yesterday I finally tested cloned drives. Drives booted up normally and array was accessible. So I just swapped to original drives.
PS: I´d like to know is why I was not able to clone drives using Acronis (I tried true image,disc director) it refused to clone with like 5 uknown errors and one saying there is not enough space. So Clonezilla did work for me.
Anyway thank you for your advices it really helped me.
PS: I´d like to know is why I was not able to clone drives using Acronis (I tried true image,disc director) it refused to clone with like 5 uknown errors and one saying there is not enough space.
I was not even able to select destination disc to proceed clone, and I am afraid that Acronis does not allow to clone sector by sector, only backup sector by sector which was pointless.
