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TS-453A New disk replacement ++

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Currently i have 4 * 2TB disks in a raid5 configuration and 1 now legacy volume on my 3 years old TS-453A, a setup upgraded, but unchanged, several times over the last 12 years since my first TS-419.
I have ordered 4 new 10tb WD Red Pro and plan to expand my nas. The question is: Can i just replace one by one and then create a new (more up to date) volume and then move my files from the legacy volume and then delete it ???
I am on firmware 4.3.6.
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no..legacy volumes have a 16TB limit ..you will have to start the volume from scratch
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Hmmmm .... thank you dolbyman..
Was afraid of that :) ... but ok, i have backup on USB of files and settings - so can be done.

But .. I still have my old (very old) TS-419, wonder if i can mount the old disk there and then restore after creating the new volumes on my TS-453.....maybe :)
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no ..you cant migrate back to the 419

see the migration guide for possible migration directions
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Thank you again for your answers dolbyman
Somewhere in here i read, that systems who support storage pools do not have the 16TB limit ... as i understand does my 453A support that ??
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correct...your NAS does not have that limitation
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Then.... sorry to ask a lot :) but.. does that mean that my first suggestion .. replace disks one by one, create new volumes or storage pools, move data and then delete legacy volume, would be a valid way to go ?? ... or will my legacy volume stand in the way anyway ?
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the system would have to be moved(hidden on the legacy volume).so a clean start is better
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Hey again :(
Did a clean start with new disks today ........ What a f...king nightmare .... HBS 3 backup nearly no use, cannot restore because backup never run :( can only restore one folder by one ... container station cannot start because it cannot create interface "docker0" .....
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Your backup never ran? Did you not check that beforehand ?
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it ran ... i even did just before..
but i think its because i reset all ... then the HBS don't know, and then say "never run" .. but of course it did.
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if it's a plain file backup, you can just copy from external to internal

or did you do versioned or dedup backups?
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Thank You again dolbyman
I can see the files on my backup devises .. so its no problem .. i am restoring now.. had just hoped to do a restore in HBS and let that run until all back
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