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Expanding Storage on RN104
Hi All, I am looking to expand the storage on my RN104. Currently I have 2x 4TB drives set up in JBOD in slot's 1 & 2. My plan is to migrate to 8TB drives. I also want to set-up my RAID so it has...
I bow to StephenB's knowledge on how to safely expand your NAS capacity. He clearly knows his stuff!
What I would add is to carefully consider your backup strategy. If you do end up with 20TB of capacity, think about how to back that up off-box. I find that many say their data is not that important, but if they refuse to just delete it, then it has some value and needs to be backed up. Backing up 20TB of data is not trivial, but is much easier than trying to recover it.
Good luck.
Ian
What I would add is to carefully consider your backup strategy. If you do end up with 20TB of capacity, think about how to back that up off-box. I find that many say their data is not that important, but if they refuse to just delete it, then it has some value and needs to be backed up. Backing up 20TB of data is not trivial, but is much easier than trying to recover it.
Good luck.
Ian
ilneill wrote:
What I would add is to carefully consider your backup strategy. If you do end up with 20TB of capacity, think about how to back that up off-box. I find that many say their data is not that important, but if they refuse to just delete it, then it has some value and needs to be backed up. Backing up 20TB of data is not trivial, but is much easier than trying to recover it.I agree completely. My personal approach to backup is to have at least three copies (including the original) on different devices. My main NAS has a 15 TB volume (not full of course), and I have two backup NAS that have 14 TB each (both the backup NAS use jbod). All are UPS protected.
The reason for 3 copies is that I have sometimes tried to recover from a backup, only to learn that I couldn't retrieve all the files on it. This was pre-NAS, but I still apply that lesson, since it cost me. Anyway, I've never lost data since I began my "3 copy" policy.
I also have a cloud copy for disaster recovery - though at present I'm not sure how much to trust the cloud, so I'm still keeping 3 local copies.
Hi all, thanks again for the info. A fair chunk of my data is media for my media centre runing Kodi. The important stuff is backed up onto a 2TB drive and stored. So that I am not too worried about.
I have a USB3 dock already, I used it to migrate from my old tower PC with 10 SATA drives with various sizes. It was a beast of a machine lol.
I purchased the two new 4TB's today. I'll migrate to those via USB. Restore my NAS, start fresh & should be ready to have my new 12TB array soon.
If I have any questions, I'll come back :)
Thanks again!
Hi StephenB, So I have it all set up now. 2x4TB installed. X-RAID running. It's "resyncing" & from what I can tell, this is to get the two drives alligned in sectors or something?
Can I start moving stuff back whilst this operation is running? Or am I best to wait until it is completed?
Also, just to revisit the upgrading down the line. If I want to expand, is it just as simple as swapping out drives?
Thank you again for your help & support on this :)
Chers, Grant
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