When a NAS (not the drive) fails...

[WSLam]

I have been using NAS for decades but I have never experienced a NAS failure (PSU died, but not the NAS itself).
BUT let's say if a NAS dies, the drives are ok, can I pull the drives out and put them into a different NAS? Will the destination NAS have to be the exact model? Some of my NAS are getting very old, so I am starting to worry...

 

[Rusty]

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[WSLam]

Thank you!

 

[fredbert]

Some of my NAS are getting very old, so I am starting to worry...

There's nothing that makes an old NAS keep on working longer than buying a new one and re-purposing it as a quiet backup server. And using a UPS.