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tweeks
Dec 22, 2012Aspirant
Where do I get additional drive trays? (forReadyNAS Ultra 2)
I have a ReadyNAS Ultra 2 [X-RAID2] w/RAIDiator 4.2.21 and I need at least two more drive trays. I can't believe that no one sells extra drive trays. Any legit RAID system will have extra drive tra...
mdgm-ntgr
Dec 23, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
Fair enough. Just want to be clear that extra drive trays are used for the right reason.
Swapping disks too regularly and damaging SATA connectors (in the NAS or on the disks) and the risk of ESD are important to be aware of. SATA connectors may be designed for say 50 pulls. Way more than enough for normal usage but if used regularly you could easily damage SATA connectors by over-using them.
It uses cp to copy files onto USB backup disks. However you can use Rsync (share the USB disk via Rsync) and set it as the backup destination. Or share the source via Rsync and use that as the Remote Source.
Swapping disks too regularly and damaging SATA connectors (in the NAS or on the disks) and the risk of ESD are important to be aware of. SATA connectors may be designed for say 50 pulls. Way more than enough for normal usage but if used regularly you could easily damage SATA connectors by over-using them.
It uses cp to copy files onto USB backup disks. However you can use Rsync (share the USB disk via Rsync) and set it as the backup destination. Or share the source via Rsync and use that as the Remote Source.
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