Moving a 3-disk RAID5 from TDAS to TNAS?

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Moving a 3-disk RAID5 from TDAS to TNAS?

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Hi, couldn't exactly find this in the FAQs - I thought it might be a good idea to ask here.

I have a 5-bay Thunderbolt TDAS at the moment with 3 x 6Tb drives in the first three bays configured as RAID5 12Tb. I've decided I might need to move the data to a NAS so I can access it more easily from other machines. Can the drives be physically moved from a DAS to a NAS and simply work? Or will I be forced to buy three more 6Tb drives and make a new RAID volume on the NAS, then copy everything across? Obviously I'd rather avoid that, due to the expense, but if it's necessary then so be it - at least I'll have three spare drives afterwards, to use for other things.

Help/confirmation appreciated! Thanks!
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Re: Moving a 3-disk RAID5 from TDAS to TNAS?

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macronencer wrote: 19 Jun 2021, 02:47 Can the drives be physically moved from a DAS to a NAS and simply work?
Cannot directly insert the TDAS’disk into TNAS to use.
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Re: Moving a 3-disk RAID5 from TDAS to TNAS?

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OK, I guess that answers my question then!

It seems a rather strange limitation. I mean, why don't the two devices use exactly the same formats for their disk volumes? They're both running TOS, right? Sorry, I'm new to this and don't understand everything yet.
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Re: Moving a 3-disk RAID5 from TDAS to TNAS?

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TNAS device needs network cable connection and hard disk needs to install TOS system, TDAS is equivalent to USB storage device.
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Re: Moving a 3-disk RAID5 from TDAS to TNAS?

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Ah yes, that makes more sense now. I guess TNAS isn't just a NAS, it's a NAS plus a system for installing stuff (e.g. media servers).

Thanks for the information.
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