Expand ReadNAS capacity by adding another NAS

[Gimpson]

Hi!

I have a ReadyNAS NV2+, and am rapidly running out of storage space. I looked at buying a new 8-bay NAS (from various manufacturers such as QNap), but these see to be many times more expensive than the ReadyNAS 4-bay units.

So, my question is this: can I buy a second ReadyNAS, and link it to my old one to expand the capacity? Ideally, I'll like to link the 2 NAS together to maintain a single volume (rather than having two separate NAS), and have them run in X-RAID2 mode to mitigate HDD failure.

Any thoughts on how I can do this (or a more appropriate alternative solution) most welcome!

Many thanks in advance!

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

You can't link ReadyNAS ito create a single volume, so you'd need to run the two NAS independently. If you add network locations to windows file explorer (or create desktop shortcuts for different shares) this would be pretty transparent for the users.

Some NAS models do support an expansion module (an EDA500), but the NV+ v2 is not one of them.

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

You can't link ReadyNAS ito create a single volume, so you'd need to run the two NAS independently. If you add network locations to windows file explorer (or create desktop shortcuts for different shares) this would be pretty transparent for the users.

Some NAS models do support an expansion module (an EDA500), but the NV+ v2 is not one of them.

[Gimpson]

Many thanks StephenB

I did wonder if it was even possible to do, so thanks for confirming. I'll have to look to an alternative solution, namely buying a new NAS I suspect.

[StephenB]

Getting a new/larger NAS and using the old one for backup is a reasonable approach too.