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'two raids' ??
Hi All, Am new to this - have got my four bay Nas plus 4x 3Tb drives. But, have not yet had the bottle to set it up! I don't want to get it wrong & perhaps not be able to undo the bad! have gone thr...
i believe u are thinking of 2 x raid 1 volumes
when start up the nas u may disable x-raid then destroy the volume
after that highlight first 2 drives and create a new volume called volume1 and select raid 1, then highlight drive 3 and 4 and create a new volume called volume 2 and select raid 1.
done
cpu8088 wrote:
after that highlight first 2 drives and create a new volume called volume1 and select raid 1, then highlight drive 3 and 4 and create a new volume called volume 2 and select raid 1.
I prefer calling the first volume "data", since that is the xraid default. It ensures that any apps that hard-code paths will work. (Of course hard coding path names is a bad practice, but its easy to avoid any problems).
EPJ wrote:
So, I wish to have four drives, but two 'volumes'
cpu8088 outlined the correct procedure, but perhaps we should take a step back. Why do you want this particular configuration?
It has some advantages, but also some drawbacks. The normal XRAID would give you more capacity - 9 TB of space on a single volume. Your configuration gives you two 3 TB volumes.
Really helpful, and I will feel more confident when I start in on this!
Many Thanks
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