Upgrade from MyCloud Mirror to EX2 Ultra

My Cloud OS 5 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud EX Series
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I own a MyCloud mirror and thinking of upgrading to a EX2 Ultra using the same disk I have inside my Mirror unit. Can I simple put my 2 excisting disks inside a EX2 Ultra without loosing data or do I need to reset/format my disks? My current configuration is JBOD

Edit: I now have 2x 3 TB installed, so is it of any use to upgrade as a EX2 Ultra can handle bigger disks, and even more, is the software and upgrades any better on the Ultra is my unit does not get any updates anymore?

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huh.

Not sure you could just pop the disks in. . . .I would have everything backed up to an external drive before inserting just in case

Well, the EX2 Ultra is decent hardware. It’s been out for several years. . . .not bleeding edge tech.

If you read this forum; you will see that WD is upgrading the software from OS/3 to “OS/5”. I would be hesitant to buy a new device to run this OS for a while. . .

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Yes you can put them in, the lights wil show red till you accept the raid roaming message. then your good to go

Edit: If your gonna upgrade to with synology. Another WD Nas and you will be here in a year so with its problems…

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Sorry I dont understand what you mean

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Thanks

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He means there isn’t much hope left for WD given the OS5 fiasco so if you’re buying a new NAS device, go for another brand, Synology being a popular one.

On another note, take care of the sequence of drives while moving to a new device and don’t mix them.

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OK, I figured that out. Looking at a Synology at the moment. Maybe you can answer my next question. I have JBOD at my system and it does a remote backup to another Mycloud mirror at a friend of mine, can I upgrade to a Synology and still make a remote backup to that MyCloud mirror and can he still make a remote backup to my NAS?