Readynas RN104 and X-raid migration to brand new model
Hi,
I use Rn104 NAS with X-raid system ( 4+2+2+4 TB drives ) for some years. What happens, if my device crashes / dies ( and repair is impossible ) ? Can I move my HDDs on brand new model of Netgear NAS ( also running on X-raid system ) without loosing my data ?
Or is everything lost and I can use only empty discs on new NAS ?
Re: Readynas RN104 and X-raid migration to brand new model
Currently, yes. If at some point Netgear introduces an entirely new OS, even if it uses XRAID, you will have to wait and see. Users of legacy ReadyNASes running OS 4.x and 5.x have a migration path to 6.x, somtimes requiring Netgaer direct assistance, but the drives cannot be directly moved.
I use latest OS 6 version ( I quess 6.9.0 ), so if I use new NAS with this version of OS, the migration will work ?
Yes. Arm-specific apps won't migrate to an x86 NAS, but everything else would. So if the RN104 is still functional, it would be good to uninstall the apps before you migrate to an X86 NAS (reinstalling them after migration). That wouldn't be needed if you migrated to an RN210 series.
