Which readynas nv do i have

So sharing with Windows in this way is impossible. JBOD would make pulling out and using elsewhere very "easy". But there are few scenarios where you would want to do this. There is basically always a much better way. What do you want to do that requires you to mount the drive directly rather than accessing it inside the ReadyNAS?

Thanks so much for the prompt reply. Ok so internally the hard drives are being formatted with ext3 as the filesystem? That's good to know. So if I take out the second drive, and mount it in Linux I think I have to use the 'mdadm" utility to correctly mount a raid array drive I should be able to read the data?

Good question. I have a user who issued a bug report to my saying that "Drives can only be read when inserted in NAS".

I'm not really sure why he would want to do this either. I will ask him and get back to you on that. We have a NAS out in the field which is used by our offshore team, so I'm thinking that he wants to be able to take those drives once we are finished with them, and plug them into his computer to access the data, but i'm thinking he's not fully sure how NAS and RAID systems work in general.

A solution would be to purchase a second NAS system for him and his office staff to use so that he can just plug our drives into the second identical NAS and be good to go, provided that both devices were setup with the same drive configuration.

Yeah, I would close that bug report with "Good, they work as they are supposed to and have protected you from yourself. Or, have him copy the data off. He's confusing a NAS with an external hard drive. Basically in case the NAS hardware itself fails we are stuck with drives with data on them that we cannot access. Lets say in 2 years time, the NAS dies and for whatever reason we can't get another one.

I think that was what he was getting at. We already have a second NAS so we should be ok for now. Also, arent their ext3 drivers for Windows 7 that will allow a user to connect and linux formatted ext3 drive and be able to read data from it?

If he wants another copy of the data, you can plug in an external hard drive to backup onto which will be readable from Windows , or use Rsync on ReadyNAS devices to sync to a folder on Linux. I usually setup external usb drives connected to the ReadyNAS for an extra backup for my customers, in addition to the ReadyNAS vault online backup which I'm not impressed with for the price.

I know there is a best answer here but if there are only 2 drives installed and they are set in X-Raid mode then they are just mirrored disks at this point - pulling one, although leaving the array degraded should be readable on Linux without any special tools - it should still be seen as a single duplicated disk, until you get in to RAID5, then you have no chance, since each disk is 'part' of the set and does not hold complete data.

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Barcode Labels. Turtle Storage Cases. Reconditioned Tape Drives. Toll Free: Email Address:. X-RAID utilizes a one-volume technology with built-in volume expansion support, either by adding more disks or by replacing existing disk with larger capacity disks.

For instance, you can start out with one disk, and add up to 3 more disks when you need more capacity or when you can afford them. Volume management is automatic. Add a 2nd disk, it becomes a mirror to the first, providing protection from a disk failure; add a 3rd, the capacity doubles; add a 4th, and your capacity triples — the expansion occurring while maintaining redundancy.

X-RAID also provides further expansion capability. At a future point in time, each disk can be replaced one by one, have it finish rebuilding, and after the last disk is replaced, your volume automatically expands utilizing the new capacity.

This future-proof technology allows you to continuously expand as higher-capacity disks become available. Performance-wise, X-RAID is optimized for larger sequential access request pattern, such as video streaming and editing. You can delete the existing volume and recreate one or more volumes, with each volume with different snapshot space and quota specification.

I would like to know which version I have so I can take proper steps to reinstall my firmware. Is there a way besides raidar to know which version you have? Message 6 of 7. The box and perhaps the label on the back of the NAS can't remember might say the model number e. Also have a look underneath the box as the model number may be mentioned there.

On the v2, all disk LEDs will light up and the status screen will show a boot menu message. Message 7 of 7. Top Contributors. User Count. See All. Discussion stats.