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ReadyNas 104 Setup Advice
Hi I am looking for some help/advice please? I have got a RN104, which currently has 1x 4tb drive in it, and is only used for storing music/videos on my home network. I have bought anothe...
JBOD is not to be recommanded at all!!!!
The peupose of a NAS is redundancy so instead you should by an US hub and USB disk and done deal!!
Minimum redundancy is RAID 1, or Netgear Raid!
Redundancy has a consequance capacity lost, on the other hand you have safety!!
aalexandrebeta wrote:
JBOD is not to be recommanded at all!!!!
There certainly are people who want to maximize space, and who don't care about redundancy.
You can go with jbod by turning off XRAID. It's best to have one volume per disk (otherwise the entire volume is lost when any disk fails).
I agree StephenB but the unit can be configured with RAID 5 or Flex Raid with minor volume reduction!
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