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Usable space for 516 + 2 Expansion arrays
I am planning on buying a readynas 516 + 2x expansion arrays for a total of 16 drives. Up front I will have 7x 2tb + 9x 3tb drives and I am would like to know how much USABLE space I will end up with...
I am confused as there is very little documentation on the EDA500 expansion arrays.
See the following post:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=70107
It would seem that with XRAID2 it would be presented as one huge volume spanned across all the devices in 516 as well as the EDA500 expansion arrays as well (honestly this is my desired configuration). I really wish there was more documentation on the EDA500 to make a more intelligent decision :?
Thanks,
-David
See the following post:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=70107
The EDA500 will just be an extension of the RN516 so together with it, they will be considered as a single VOLUME. You can have one share on the whole XRAID volume spanning all the disks of the RN516 and the EDA500. Disk 1 thru 6 of RN516 and the remaining disks of the EDA500 will be raided together and then they will volumed together into a giant pool using btrfs filesystem.
It would seem that with XRAID2 it would be presented as one huge volume spanned across all the devices in 516 as well as the EDA500 expansion arrays as well (honestly this is my desired configuration). I really wish there was more documentation on the EDA500 to make a more intelligent decision :?
Thanks,
-David
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