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Duo with 2x2tb drives (4tb raid possible?)
Hi, I have a ReadyNas Duo with two 2TB drives installed. Can I use the two drives in a raid mode as one big drive with a capacity of 4TB? And does the Duo support 4TB usb drives as a backup driv...
Ok.
But what about this idea - it's not perfect, but wouldn't this work:
- Connect 2 x 2tb usb drives to the ReadyNas Duo
- Select 2tb of contents from the NAS for each usb drive
- Backup the first 2tb to the first usb drive and the last 2tb to the second usb drive.
It shouldn't be a problem splitting up the data from the NAS for each usb drive as the NAS isn't completely full, hence it might "only" contain ~3,5tb of data.
Possible?
If one decides to go with the NAS to NAS backup solution, then I need to buy a second ReadyNAS unit, right? I can't use any 4tb NAS or can I?
But what about this idea - it's not perfect, but wouldn't this work:
- Connect 2 x 2tb usb drives to the ReadyNas Duo
- Select 2tb of contents from the NAS for each usb drive
- Backup the first 2tb to the first usb drive and the last 2tb to the second usb drive.
It shouldn't be a problem splitting up the data from the NAS for each usb drive as the NAS isn't completely full, hence it might "only" contain ~3,5tb of data.
Possible?
If one decides to go with the NAS to NAS backup solution, then I need to buy a second ReadyNAS unit, right? I can't use any 4tb NAS or can I?
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