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hicks774
Aug 22, 2014Aspirant
How does mirroring work between two non-empty disks?
I have a ReadyNAS unit in mirroring mode with two disks that were purchased new (empty): DISK0 and DISK1. I want to have an off-site protection in a bank safe: ideally I would like to purchase a 3rd d...
TeknoJnky
Aug 22, 2014Hero
1) yes. it wipes whichever disk is inserted.
2) yes, potentially. but this is not a recommended way to back up, especially if you are pulling disks while the nas is operating.
doing as you suggest, in theory can work, however it places all disks in a greater wear and chance to crash during rebuilds.
to better back up, you should back up to external/usb drives, or do nas to nas back up.
2) yes, potentially. but this is not a recommended way to back up, especially if you are pulling disks while the nas is operating.
doing as you suggest, in theory can work, however it places all disks in a greater wear and chance to crash during rebuilds.
to better back up, you should back up to external/usb drives, or do nas to nas back up.
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