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ReadyNas Pro 6 - Unit Failure
I've been given a ReadyNas Pro 6 with 6x1Tb NAS drives in it. I have been considering using it as a home server, primarily to provide backup for the family across the network (Macs and PCs).
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jolo2 wrote:
So if I use flex-raid Raid 1 backup and the unit fails, I assume I can pull out a disk and mount it in a PC and get my data back that way,
If you are running OS 4.2.x firmware, then the system is using software raid, with the ext file system on top of it.
It's possible to convert your NAS to run OS 6 - in which case the file system is BTRFS. Converting to OS-6 would give you SMB 3 support - which is important, since Microsoft is deprecating SMB 1.
Overall, I'd go with XRAID/RAID-5, and purchase a USB drive that you can use to back up the NAS. Generally people who are new to NAS underestimate the amount of storage they will need. XRAID/RAID-5 will give you 5 TB of space, three RAID-1 volumes would only give you 3 TB.
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