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access HD directly if ReadyNAS hardware fails
Trying to decide if it is worth having a NAS for home use.
If I have NAS set up as a simple RAID mirror, and if NAS hardware fails, not the HDs. will I be able to pull one of the HDs and connect it to PC to recover data?
is it possible to configure the device to able this?
3dFirefly wrote:
If I have NAS set up as a simple RAID mirror, and if NAS hardware fails, not the HDs. will I be able to pull one of the HDs and connect it to PC to recover data?
RAID isn't enough to keep data safe, so you should put a backup plan in place for any device you use for primary storage.
That said, you can mount one of a RAID-1 volume when you boot the PC to Linux. If you boot it to Windows then you will usually need RAID recovery software,
Note that Netgear is exiting their storage business (all ReadyNAS platforms are already end-of-life), so you'd need to look at other vendors for a new NAS.
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3dFirefly wrote:
If I have NAS set up as a simple RAID mirror, and if NAS hardware fails, not the HDs. will I be able to pull one of the HDs and connect it to PC to recover data?
RAID isn't enough to keep data safe, so you should put a backup plan in place for any device you use for primary storage.
That said, you can mount one of a RAID-1 volume when you boot the PC to Linux. If you boot it to Windows then you will usually need RAID recovery software,
Note that Netgear is exiting their storage business (all ReadyNAS platforms are already end-of-life), so you'd need to look at other vendors for a new NAS.
ok, I am starting to understand the purpose of a RAID after some more reading.
to use a bunch of cheaper drives, so for a storage purpose, have a RAID of four 2TB drives (RAID 5) gives me 6 TB of space and then have a schedule on NAS to back to external USB HDs or to another NAS.
3dFirefly wrote:
ok, I am starting to understand the purpose of a RAID after some more reading.
Originally it was about using cheaper drives, though I don't think that's the main driver today. Most arrays now are using NAS-purposed or enterprise-class drives.
One benefit is availability of the storage repository:
- Routine disk replacements can be made without taking the storage offline.
- The volume can be expanded while remaining on-line
Another is that the volume can be larger than the biggest individual disks.
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