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Trouble starting setup for RAID 0
Hello
Im trying to set my Readynas 214 in RAID 0.
3x 3Tb WD Red.
Firmware 6.6.0.
Connected directly to my ethernet to the back of my PC CAT6
I know how to put the readynas into factory default settings with the 10 min timer. It is my understanding that during this 10 minute time period you can use RAIDar to then select Flex-Raid and which type of RAID you want so that it doesnt start with the default XRAID2.
Im having trouble getting past this point, as I cannot see any option to setup Flex-Raid.
The latest RAIDar just states 'system is starting up' and gives no options/buttons than rescan, about, help, exit
A previous RAIDar 4.3.8 has the options to setup but it is blanked out and I cannot use it.
I have left the XRAID2 to sync as default and when going into the Admin setup to look at volumes to change them. It does not give me the option to delete (destroy) the volume to start a new one.
Ive tried looking at Readycloud which does not see the NAS connected
Any help would be appreciated. Im hoping its something obvious that I have overlooked or not done.
Regards Darren
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You are using old instructions for OS 4.x ReadyNAS.
With OS-6 systems like the RN214, you can switch to flexraid after you complete setup (no timer sillyness). You then delete the data volume (no need to wait for it to finish syncing) and create the one(s) you want.
I recommend jbod (one volume per disk) over a single volume that spans three disks. It is much more robust - with a single volume, the failure of any disk results in complete loss of all the data. With three independent volumes, you'd only lose data on the disk that fails.
Thank you so much! Thats sorted it now! Just a quick question about jbod, will all three disks been seen as completely independant from each other? or will they independant but viewed say from a media server as one complete 9Tb hard drive?
UKMach wrote:
Just a quick question about jbod, will all three disks been seen as completely independant from each other? or will they independant but viewed say from a media server as one complete 9Tb hard drive?
You'd have 3 independent 3 TB volumes, and you'd have to arrange your shares so everthing fits.
Clients will see all the shares, no matter what volume they are on. ReadyDLNA and Plex also don't care what volumes the shares are on (and multiple shares can be included in one plex library).
If you need single volume, it is much better to pay for the extra disk (or bigger disks) and go with XRAID
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