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2nd ReadyNAS DUO or ReadyNAS ultra
I currently have a Ready NAS Duo (with 2x 2TB Drives) as my media server. I want to replace my Airport Time Capsule as my back up device with something that can have redunantcy if the drive fails) ...
EDCUL wrote: So I am thinking either getting a second ReadyNas DUO or a Ready Nas ultra (4 bay)
I would definately get an ultra 4, if for nothing other than 3tb+ support. The duo will only support 2tb, no larger.
My question is can you make the ReadyNAS Ultra and its 4 bays 2 separate volumes (bay 1 and 2[mirror of bay 1] for media and bay 3 and 4 [mirror of 3] for backup) so if one drive fails ie if there is a problem with 3/4 it wont effect 1/2 and vice versa?
Yes, you can do this if you switch to flex-raid mode.
You would create 2 separate raid 1 volumes. Note, you must wait for the first volume to finish syncing before you can create the second volume.
Obviously you would lose 2 disks worth of space, vs 1 disk worth of space if you used the default x-raid2 (raid 5).
Or do you think its better having 2 separate readynas duos?
you can use ultra with the duo, have the u4 backup to the duo.
I can see the advantage of 2 readynas duos as if one box fails I can still use the other one to get the data off etc.
that is a good point yes, however the duo essentially has no future for larger drives, you will be stuck with 2tb max forever.
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