I have one of the original v1 of the ReadyNAS NV+. Over the weekend the power-supply gave up its mortal coil and as a consequence I now have a brick. Netgear technical support have been great and are shipping out a new PSU for me to fit.
Alas my users are screaming for the data on its drives so I am looking to get the new NV+ v2 (diskless) delivered tomorrow. I am then hoping to transfer the disks over and boot up a fully recovered system. However, after reading the manual its says clearly that they NAS will reformat the drives! Bang goes that plan!
Does anyone know how I can 'recover' the drives, either using another NV+ or any other means?
The RAID format is different on the v2 so you can't migrate to that.
You need to get a NV+ (v1) or older ReadyNAS and make sure the firmware is at least as up to date on your dead unit (you can install a spare disk, update the firmware, verify update is successful, power down, then migrate your disks across).
... my users are screaming for the data on its drives...
Appreciate any comments
Steve for the future, you must never (EVER) have only one source for your important data. Get a couple of external USB drives for your new v2 setup and back-up the NAS data regularly. Or re-commission your v1 as a backup. Something!
