cstout Posted September 14, 2015 #1 Posted September 14, 2015 I know I've seen a post somewhere either here or on another Xpenology forum but I could not find it... Is there a way to take the hard drives from an Xpenology setup and put them into a real Synology without any data loss? I know you can export/import Syno DSM settings...but can you physically move the drives into a real Syno box without losing data? If this is possible and there's a walkthrough or related topic would you please provide a link? Thank you!
cstout Posted September 14, 2015 Author #2 Posted September 14, 2015 I've found many topics covering migration from real to fake and it looks like that's mostly always successful by using the "Migrate" option when Xpenology first boots. I also found a Synology article that makes me wonder if the migrate option will not be possible for real Synology hardware due to Xpenology being configured as a DS3612xs (12-bay) and it would be migrating to a 4-bay. Does anyone know if the Xpenology model information is stored in the hard drives at all? My fear is that the real Synology box would detect it as a 12-bay model and will prevent migration from showing as an available option. Link: https://originwww.synology.com/en-us/kn ... orials/484
Trantor Posted September 14, 2015 #3 Posted September 14, 2015 Fews years ago I migrate from a DS411 to a DS412+ by only moving disks from the old nas to the new one then use migrate and reinstall DSM without data lost. Found this : https://originwww.synology.com/en-us/kn ... orials/484 I think you need to choose a model according the number of disks you use in XPEnology.
cstout Posted September 14, 2015 Author #4 Posted September 14, 2015 Hi Trantor, thanks so much for the reply. That's actually the same link I posted which caused me to question the 12-bay vs 4-bay issue. If I do attempt to move the disks from Xpenology to a Synology and the migrate function throws a model error where would I go in Xpenology to change the model number to something like the DS415?
XPEH Posted September 15, 2015 #5 Posted September 15, 2015 Hi Trantor, thanks so much for the reply. That's actually the same link I posted which caused me to question the 12-bay vs 4-bay issue. If I do attempt to move the disks from Xpenology to a Synology and the migrate function throws a model error where would I go in Xpenology to change the model number to something like the DS415? If you only have 4 or less drives, it should work via migration. I have moved before from HP54l (4 drives DS3612xs) to DS412+ with no problems.
cstout Posted September 15, 2015 Author #6 Posted September 15, 2015 Thank you, XPEH. That's very helpful.
cstout Posted September 16, 2015 Author #7 Posted September 16, 2015 More examples and (soon) a real-world test of this type of drive transfer are being discussed at: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5508&p=43997#p43997
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