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New OS6 NAS No Longer offers XRAID2(Raid6) option
with the original Business Pro NAS (6 drive bays) that shipped with OS Ver 4.x on the original Setup (or Factory reset) - you could specify XRAID2 - Dual Redunancy (XRAID6) Now if you upgrade this NAS to the latest 6.7.1 (it switches to XRAID5) or if you buy a NEW NAS with OS6 like RN716X you cannot get XRAID2(RAID6) because you only have 6 drives.. you must switch to FlexRAID6
here is the problem with XRAID2(Raid6) -vs- Flexraid6
lets say we have a NAS with the following drives (6TB, 1TB, 2.5TB, 4TB, 3TB, 500GB, 750GB) according to the Netgear Xraid Calulator under XRAID6 you would get 6.5Tib usable, 4.55Tib protection and 5Tib unused -vs - 2.5Tib usable 931Gib protection & 13Tib unused.
So is the only way to get XRAID6 is to buy a NAS with 8 or 12 Bays? so would it actually be better to NOT upgrade from Ver4.x to 6.x on PRO6 if you value data protection dual redundancy & wanted maximum usable space -vs- flexraid - Lastly the release Notes for 6.7.1 says it now supports "additional FlexRaid options" and " single volume expansion" could someone explain this..
To get X-RAID2 dual-redunancy you could disable X-RAID, destroy (note that as this implies it wipes all data that was stored on the voume) the default volume create a RAID-6 volume using all the disks and re-enable X-RAID.
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To get X-RAID2 dual-redunancy you could disable X-RAID, destroy (note that as this implies it wipes all data that was stored on the voume) the default volume create a RAID-6 volume using all the disks and re-enable X-RAID.
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