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Mauser69's avatar
Sep 20, 2020

Does a New 4-drive X-RAID Volume Default to RAID 5 or 6?

Should be an easy question, but I cannot find the info in the OS 6.10 Software Manual.  Specs for the RN214 say that it supports RAID 6 with 4 drives, but 4 drives can also use RAID 5.

 

If I reset my RN214 and start fresh with 4 identical drives with the default X-RAID, will the volume be configured as RAID 5 or RAID 6?  I ASSUME it will default to RAID 5, since that leaves the most usable space, but I thought I'd ask instead of just being surprised at the results.

Thanx

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User

    Mauser69 wrote:

    Does a New 4-drive X-RAID Volume Default to RAID 5 or 6?


    It defaults to single-redundancy, so RAID-5.

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