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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...
Yes. Though Asustor's MyArchive idea is using their regular drive trays - which like the ReadyNAS trays directly connect the internal disk's SATA connections to the backplane. They apparently are betting that the connectors will last longer than spec'd. I agree it is questionable, and (back on topic) don't think its a good approach. And of course in the case of RAID-1, the volume needs to be resynced every time a disk is inserted to make a new backup.
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