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Adding a second disk to ready nas RN31200 to mirror first disk?
Hi. I have a RN31200 with one hard drive disk. How do I add a second to back up everything on the main disk?? Does it have to be the same make? What do I do? Please help. Thanks
Webo2000 wrote:
Hi again. Thank you for the help.
What is a hot insert ? Do I need to turn nas off or add it while on??hot-insert means to add the new drive with the NAS running. The drive should be blank (not formatted).
Webo2000 wrote:
Also will it mirror everything already on the first drive or just new things? I want it to copy everything I already have as I have a load of data on there.The volume will use RAID-1, which mirrors everything (even free space).
Webo2000 wrote:
Hi.
I have a RN31200 with one hard drive disk. How do I add a second to back up everything on the main disk??
If you are using the normal XRAID, then all you need to do is hot-insert a second disk. That will create a RAID-1 (mirrored) volume.
That's not quite the same as a backup btw - you should still maintain a backup of your data on a different device.
Webo2000 wrote:
Does it have to be the same make?
No. It needs to be the same size (or larger). But it can be a different make or model.
FWIW, NAS-purposed models (WDC Red or Seagate IronWolf) are good choices. They are intended for NAS, and cost effective.
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