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Recent content by MrPandy

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    Moving data to new NAS?

    The files also exist in the original video DVDs and audio CDs that I ripped them from, and data DVD backups of my digital photos, so it's not the end of the world if everything crashes and burns. The whole RAID thing is probably overkill for my situation, but drives are cheap, the feature came...
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    Moving data to new NAS?

    I guess my question was this: Old NAS (NAS1) containing two disks (D1 and D2 in Raid 1 configuration) and new NAS (NAS2) from different manufacturer containing no disks. Each NAS will be turned off when disks are moved. If D1 and D2 are identical in a Raid 1, can I move D2 to NAS2 (which...
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    Moving data to new NAS?

    Thanks for the reply. I was definitely planning on shutting each unit down every time I added or removed a disk. I don't have a USB drive so I'll have to determine if I have enough spare space to copy to the PCs drive.
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    Moving data to new NAS?

    Hi, newbie question here. I have a RAID 1 NAS and wish to move my disks and data to a new RAID 1 NAS. My guess on how I can do this: - take one drive from old NAS, install in new NAS (which should reformat it) - copy data from old NAS to new NAS - move second drive from old to new - create...
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