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Hi Guys,<br />
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One of My Clients has a Thecus &nbsp;N8800Plus (Firmware Version 3.05.02.2) NAS Box running currently &nbsp;it has 4 x 1TB HDD in it with a Total Capacity of 2.5 TB of Data Storage Capacity, we are running out of Space with just over 2tb used..<br />
I am Happy to get rid of the current HDD's after the current upgrade of required, I was thinking I could maybe Buy 4 x 3TB HDD in use the other 4 x Spare Spots and create another Raid 5 Array and then port some of the data onto the New Disk Storage.. Before I do anything I would be looking at maybe firmware upgrade and then before that I need to make up a Full Backup of the NAS box, this is a Problem &nbsp;being able to backup 2TB of Data and then Put it back on the NAS Box in a Timeley Fashion, I currently have backups onto a Network Computer with a Sync Program which is Ok but I dont have any backups to a point in time, which could be an Issue in the future.. please give input of and thoughts if there is a Better way to do this and reasons .. thought will be greatly appreciated..<br />
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Big_Daddy
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Hi Guys,

One of My Clients has a Thecus  N8800Plus (Firmware Version 3.05.02.2) NAS Box running currently  it has 4 x 1TB HDD in it with a Total Capacity of 2.5 TB of Data Storage Capacity, we are running out of Space with just over 2tb used..
I am Happy to get rid of the current HDD's after the current upgrade of required, I was thinking I could maybe Buy 4 x 3TB HDD in use the other 4 x Spare Spots and create another Raid 5 Array and then port some of the data onto the New Disk Storage.. Before I do anything I would be looking at maybe firmware upgrade and then before that I need to make up a Full Backup of the NAS box, this is a Problem  being able to backup 2TB of Data and then Put it back on the NAS Box in a Timeley Fashion, I currently have backups onto a Network Computer with a Sync Program which is Ok but I dont have any backups to a point in time, which could be an Issue in the future.. please give input of and thoughts if there is a Better way to do this and reasons .. thought will be greatly appreciated..

Big_Daddy

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