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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: if I go for 3x 2TB drives and use X-RAID2 how much storage will I have? 4TB?
yes, its about 3.7tb after formatting etc.
and is there still redundancy if any of the drives fail.
yes, anyone single drive fails. if more than one drive fails, then you will lose your data.
I basically want to have 4TB of space and have it so if a drive fails it can just easily be replaced (is this raid-5?)
yes, 3x 2tb.
or is my best option to have 4x 2TB?
you can have 4x 2tb with raid5/x-raid2 and still have redundancy, this will get you about 5555gb.
or if you split up like in your first post, you would get two separate volumes of about 1850gb (raid-1, mirror/redundant).
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