Migrate existing disks - TS-653b > TVS-672XT

[kingyr]

Hi all,

I have been running a TS-653b with 6x 16TB drives (RAID 10) + QM2 expansion card with 2x 1TB NVMe drives. I primarily use the 653b as a Plex server and storage for bits and pieces.

I had recently acquired a TVS-672XT and wanted to see what we thought about moving the disks across without loss of data? According to QNAP's Compatibility for NAS Migration, this is a simple swap.

Has anyone done something like this in the past and was everything ok? Any help would be much appreciated

Cheers!
King

[P3R]

I have been running a TS-653b with 6x 16TB drives (RAID 10)...

RAID 6 is probably a better choice than RAID 10 for your application as it offer:

• Better performance for sequential loads
• More usable storage capacity
• Better reliability

... + QM2 expansion card with 2x 1TB NVMe drives.

Used for what?

I had recently acquired a TVS-672XT and wanted to see what we thought about moving the disks across without loss of data? According to QNAP's Compatibility for NAS Migration, this is a simple swap.

The only question mark would be for the SSDs on an expansion card.

[kingyr]

Hey P3R,

Thanks for the reply! I am OK with my RAID arrangement at the moment, no dramas with lesser storage, I find both to be quite reliable, I just much prefer the better rebuild times on a 10 in the case of a drive failure.

QM2 is currently used as 'Ultra-High Speed Tiering', going to wait for the activity to stop on the NAS and see if I can remove it from the storage pool.

Cheers,
King

[P3R]

QM2 is currently used as 'Ultra-High Speed Tiering', going to wait for the activity to stop on the NAS and see if I can remove it from the storage pool.

Unless it was added very recently and I missed it, you can't back out of a tier configuration.

I think that you have no other option than to trust Qnap. Make sure that all data that have any value is backed up externally and hope for the best. Good luck!

[kingyr]

Ohhh I see! haha hmm... there is an 'Ultra-High Speed Tier Removal Wizard' section, but you may be right - it's greyed out at the moment and I can't pull the QM2 out of it.

Will be starting the backup soon! It will be a while before I move across

Thank you for your help - very much appreciated!