Originally Posted by Ronnie
Another important question to ask about any NAS:

What happens if the NAS Enclosure itself gets fried?

That happened to me.

My QNAP TS509 died within the first few months of use. I sent it back for replacement and was able to simply stick the drives from the failed model into the new one and they worked as though nothing had changed.

I now keep a spare TS509 box available for such issues.

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Can I put the Disks inside another Manufacturer's NAS
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Should I buy another NAS Enclosure as a Backup?

That's probably less likely to work as it's likely there are proprietary settings on the drives...

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