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Best way to swap drives ReadyNAS nv+ v2
I know that my ReadyNAS nv+ v2 is no longer supported, however I would like to use it as a place to store data that can easily be reproduced. I've had it fitted from day 1 with two 3 TB Western Digital WD30EFRX drives using X-raid2 (effectively using RAID-1 giving me 3 TB of net capacity). I got hold of four 3 TB Hitachi DK7SAD300 drives; my plan is to install all 4 drives in my ReadyNAS (giving me 9 TB of net capacity in RAID-5). Here's what I plan to do: Create a backup of the existing data on one of the Hitachi DK7SAD300 drives (done). Remove existing two Western Digital WD30EFRX drives from my ReadyNAS. Install three of the four Hitachi DK7SAD300 drives in my ReadyNAS; perform a factory reset and install using RaidAR version 4.3.8; my plan is to use X-raid2 again, so will end up with a single volume. Copy the data back from the backup created under (1). Finally, insert the final Hitachi DK7SAD300drive in the ReadyNAS (destroying the backup on there). Any suggestions or recommendations? Alternatively, I could create a backup on one of the two Western Digital WD30EFRXdrives (removing one from the ReadyNAS). And configure the ReadyNAS with all four Hitachi DK7SAD300 drives from the start. Only drawback is that I would have to backup my data once more (which will take a couple of days over 1 Gbps ethernet). And should I use or 4.3.8 of RaidAR software? I also came across 6.5.0. Finally, should the above plan hit any issues. Can I still put my two Western Digital WD30EFRX drives back in my ReadyNAS? Thanks!
