Change NAS hardware

[Richard Label]

I currently have a dlink DNs 321 with Alt-F RC4 running on two 3 TB hard drives in a raid 1 configuration.  The DNS 321 is about 6 years old.  I am considering the possibility that the DNS 321 will fail and need to be replaced.

At this point the system is working fine, but I wish to be proactive.

If I were to get an updated NAS server, will my raid1 drives be readable by the new hardware?  Will I need to reformat the data?  Do I need to have a backup of my NAS data in case that happen? I so, what is the best way to backup the NAS data so that a change is server is not a problem?

Richard

[João Cardoso]

On Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 11:10:42 AM UTC+1, Richard Label wrote:

I currently have a dlink DNs 321 with Alt-F RC4 running on two 3 TB hard drives in a raid 1 configuration.  The DNS 321 is about 6 years old.  I am considering the possibility that the DNS 321 will fail and need to be replaced.

At this point the system is working fine, but I wish to be proactive.

If I were to get an updated NAS server, will my raid1 drives be readable by the new hardware?  Will I need to reformat the data?  Do I need to have a backup of my NAS data in case that happen?

All that depends on the NAS that you will be using. If using Alt-F you don't need to have any special considerations. Of course, having backups is always advisable, even when not doing a box change or upgrade.

 

 I so, what is the best way to backup the NAS data so that a change is server is not a problem?

If your disks are also six years old, you should consider buying new disks also... and you could use your current box and disks as the secondary backup?

Richard

[Richard Label]

Both the hard drives are less about 18 months old.

Richard