nas dead can i move the drives to a new system?

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So my nas unit took a dump but the drives are still good. I have an htpc that has a raid controler built into it that I could use. It's it possible to take the drives and put them into the htpc with the raid 1 enabled and not wipe the drives? Or do i have to back up what is on the drives snd start over with the raid 1 setup?
 
It is likely that the drives are in linux software raid. Put them in a PC boot off of a live usb stick and see if your array is assembled.
 
I am pretty sure that my nas was/is a hardware raid setup. If they are software, do I just download a version of Linux and use that to boot to?
 
Yes, just download any version of linux that includes mdadm software.

It is unlikely it had a hardware raid in it, unless it was a enterprise system. Not even the business models have hardware raid cards in them, that I have seen.

If it uses it's own custom stuff, you might be out of luck, or might just have to offset the disk to see the info you need.
 
"My NAS unit". Can you be more vague ? State the brand and model, please.
 
Sorry about that, I should have put that up at the start. It is nothing special since its a d-link DNS-320
 
obviouslytom said:
Sorry about that, I should have put that up at the start. It is nothing special since its a d-link DNS-320
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Some quick searching suggests that those just run Linux soft raid. Stick them in a PC and boot a Linux LiveCD and should be good for getting your data off. Providing the kernel automatically assembles the RAID, one might have to do it by hand. ("mdadm --scan --assemble")
 
When you get to the terminal type

Code: 
cat /proc/mdstat

to see if the array is assembled.
 
So I have tried everything that everyone listed above to no avail. From what I and the IT guy at work can gather, is that there is a shared key on the board of the NAS unit. Since the power supply to it is fried, we decided to use one of the universal power adaptors on it to see if anything would happen. We were able to get the unit to light up, but it didn't get enough power to spool up the hard drives.

I am now on a mission to find a power supply that will not only fit, but supply 12v @ 4amps
 
obviouslytom said:
So I have tried everything that everyone listed above to no avail. From what I and the IT guy at work can gather, is that there is a shared key on the board of the NAS unit. Since the power supply to it is fried, we decided to use one of the universal power adaptors on it to see if anything would happen. We were able to get the unit to light up, but it didn't get enough power to spool up the hard drives.

I am now on a mission to find a power supply that will not only fit, but supply 12v @ 4amps
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Personally i'd suggest using a PC power supply, that'll provide the correct amount of power.
I'd also suggest replacing that NAS box post haste if it's that stupidly proprietary.
 
obviouslytom said:
I am pretty sure that my nas was/is a hardware raid setup. If they are software, do I just download a version of Linux and use that to boot to?
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I'm unaware of any consumer NAS that uses hardware RAID. They are pretty much all MDRAID or some other proprietary software.

Some day they will all probably be BTRFS.
 
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