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Adding a 2nd HHD
I have a question I am wondering if someone could help me with. I have 1 2TB HDD in my readynas RN102 2bay server and I want to add a 2nd HHD just to make sure my photos are backed up. Can I use a ...
The 2nd disc has to be at least the same capacity as the first disk. Otherwise the NAS will not be able to setup RAID one.
As Stephen already pointed out RAID is not a backup. In case of fire, burglery or simply hardware failure to the NAS it self you will still loose your data.
RAID will only do some protection againt disc failure.
is it possible to use 2 different size disk? know that the largest capacity would be that of the smaller disk?
Hello jmeyer50,
Yes it is possible. But then again, it is recommended you use the same size.
For example, you have 500GB in bay 1 and 1TB in bay 2 and they are configured as XRAID (RAID1) so the volume capacity is just 500GB, you have just wasted the other half of the 1TB in your bay 2.
Regards,
- jmeyer50 - we've already answered this more than once. (a) you can but (b) you need to do a factory reset of the NAS (with both disks in place) and restore the data from backup.
- looking at the WD20EFRX on amazon it is actually pretty reasonably priced and I think that is the match to the other one i have in my system now. I think the easiest thing is to buy that and skip all the headaches of backing it up and then creating a new volume. If i just install the match in my system it should just backup the data to the new drive in the event of one drive failing the system will be somewhat protected for a little piece of mine. Thank you for all your help, I greatly appreciate all of you helping by pointing me in the right direction!!! Thank you!
jmeyer50 wrote:
looking at the WD20EFRX on amazon it is actually pretty reasonably priced and I think that is the match to the other one i have in my system now. I think the easiest thing is to buy that and skip all the headaches of backing it up and then creating a new volume. If i just install the match in my system it should just backup the data to the new drive in the event of one drive failing the system will be somewhat protected for a little piece of mine. Thank you for all your help, I greatly appreciate all of you helping by pointing me in the right direction!!! Thank you!That sounds like the right path, and I'm glad we were able to help.
Do you know where i can find out of the seagate ST2000VN000 is compatible also? I see the price on this one is a little cheaper and the speed is a bit faster.
Thanks again.
Hello jmeyer50,
Use http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641/~/readynas-hard-disk-compatibility-list for checking compatibility.
Regards,
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