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RNDP6000-200n
Hello - i am considering purchasing the RNDP6000, and have some questions, i would appreciate help with.
1. I intend to use 6 3TB drives, 3 for storage and 3 for RAID mirroring. is it recommended that I backup to a USB or other drive in addition to RAID mirroring?
2. I will be storing MPEG2 video files and MP3s.
3. I understand the basic concept of RAID, but i don't understand the difference between the different RAIDs (0, 1, 2, 3),etc. Which one do you recommend? Also, i would appreciate any explanation you could give me explaining the difference between them.
4. As you now know, i am quite a novice, and would appreciate any advice you offer me.
Thank you.
1. I intend to use 6 3TB drives, 3 for storage and 3 for RAID mirroring. is it recommended that I backup to a USB or other drive in addition to RAID mirroring?
2. I will be storing MPEG2 video files and MP3s.
3. I understand the basic concept of RAID, but i don't understand the difference between the different RAIDs (0, 1, 2, 3),etc. Which one do you recommend? Also, i would appreciate any explanation you could give me explaining the difference between them.
4. As you now know, i am quite a novice, and would appreciate any advice you offer me.
Thank you.
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- 1. Yes. RAID is not a backup. RAID provides redundancy or high availability. If you primarily store important data on the ReadyNAS it needs to be backed up. See Preventing Catastrophic Data Loss
3. I would recommend X-RAID2 dual-redundancy
RAID-0 provides no redundancy. If one disk fails all data is lost
RAID-1 is a two disk array. Data is mirrored so that if one disk fails data remains intact
RAID-5 is a three disk or greater array. If any one disk fails data remains intact
RAID-6 is a four disk or greater array. If any two disks fail data remains intact
RAID-10 is a combination of RAID-1 and RAID-0.
X-RAID2 dual-redundancy is like RAID-6.
Here's what I'd suggest:
1. Put one drive in NAS
2. Update to latest firmware via System > Update > Remote in Frontview (note if NAS comes with firmware older than 4.2.16 you will need to do this twice).
3. Reboot when prompted to complete the update
4. Power down and put the rest of the disks in
5. Do a factory default via the boot menu (http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu)
6. Discover the NAS using RAIDar (http://www.readynas.com/downloads)
7. When "Click Setup" appears, click it and choose X-RAID2 and tick dual-redundancy. Confirm your choice.
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