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Dead power board on NAS? - Enquiries - 02-28-2020
Hi
I have a dead Vantec HX4R NAS.
I thought I was safe by having the 4 drives configured in Raid5.
BUT, the board is dead (not the power supply).
I have been told that I cannot place the 4 HDDs into a new NAS, as the board controls how the drives work...
I have some 2 bay NAS (4tb or 6tb), but not big enough to make backups of my main PC.
Can I get 2 of the 2-bay units to run together, thus having more capacity?
Many thanks in advance
Kind Regards
Frank
Dead power board on NAS? - ed - 03-24-2021
Strange to hear that, because I am convinced you can use those drives in a replacement NAS. Alternatively, you can connect them tp a Linux and get data back.The procedure should be the same as this Synology guide: https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/Storage/How_can_I_recover_data_from_my_DiskStation_using_a_PCIt should work on Qnap too.