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Upgrade HDD or get new device
Hello, I currently have a ReadyNAS NV+ with 4-500GB drives that is rapidly approaching size limits (about 100 GB free, raid 5 configuration). This device is used at home to store all our music, ...
I have an Apple AirPort Extreme with gigabit ports. However, all but the desktop access the network via WiFi.
What I mean by playing nicer is that in order for me to use my aperture library, I have to have it local on my desktop machine, then periodically back it up to the NAS. BTW, I have TimeMachine enabled on the NAS so all the computers in the house are constantly backed up to the NAS. The reason I have to use the Aperture library locally has something to do with the file structure of the NAS. I am by no means an expert in all this, just stumbling along the best I can. But from what I understand, the file system on the NAS device needs to be some type of Mac file system and not FAT. I'm sure that there are people that are smarter then me out there that know what I'm talking about.
However, it would be nice to be able to copy the library file to the NAS faster than I do now. Currently, my 100GB library takes hours to copy over.
I'm not too sure about just putting in three disks, maybe it's that I don't understand RAID very well, but will I still be able to swap out a failed drive and the other two have all the data to restore to the new drive? Also, it's taken me five or six years years to fill up my four-500GB drives, so I'm not sure that this is a bad thing in getting four-1TB drives. If I do get three drives, how do I swap those in? I understand how to do four since it's what I have. Just pull out one drive at a time and wait for the NAS to do it's magic with the new drive, then swap the next drive and so on.
If I do get a new NAS, I'd still want to upgrade the current one to the same capacity and use it as my offsite backup. I just wish cloud back up services would get a bit cheaper so I could use that as my offsite backup.
Probably should have this in the Mac forum rather than here
Thanks
What I mean by playing nicer is that in order for me to use my aperture library, I have to have it local on my desktop machine, then periodically back it up to the NAS. BTW, I have TimeMachine enabled on the NAS so all the computers in the house are constantly backed up to the NAS. The reason I have to use the Aperture library locally has something to do with the file structure of the NAS. I am by no means an expert in all this, just stumbling along the best I can. But from what I understand, the file system on the NAS device needs to be some type of Mac file system and not FAT. I'm sure that there are people that are smarter then me out there that know what I'm talking about.
However, it would be nice to be able to copy the library file to the NAS faster than I do now. Currently, my 100GB library takes hours to copy over.
I'm not too sure about just putting in three disks, maybe it's that I don't understand RAID very well, but will I still be able to swap out a failed drive and the other two have all the data to restore to the new drive? Also, it's taken me five or six years years to fill up my four-500GB drives, so I'm not sure that this is a bad thing in getting four-1TB drives. If I do get three drives, how do I swap those in? I understand how to do four since it's what I have. Just pull out one drive at a time and wait for the NAS to do it's magic with the new drive, then swap the next drive and so on.
If I do get a new NAS, I'd still want to upgrade the current one to the same capacity and use it as my offsite backup. I just wish cloud back up services would get a bit cheaper so I could use that as my offsite backup.
Probably should have this in the Mac forum rather than here
Thanks
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