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How to Reformat Disks in ReadyNAS Ultra 2
So here I am stuck again at the beginning. I've got the Ultra2 set up in RAID. But I realize that I don't need redundancy. I just need a large file server that can serve video files. Since RAID isn't ...
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If you create two non-redundant volumes, you won't exactly get an 8TB drive; you'll get two 4TB drives. If you want to store more than 4TB of data on the NAS, you'll have to manually choose how to split it between the two drives.
A better solution, if you want a single 8TB drive, is to use FlexRAID and choose "RAID0" instead of "none". That will combine your two drives into one volume. The only issues are:
1) In the unlikely event that the NAS fails, it won't be impossible to read the data from that volume using a PC, but it won't be trivial, either.
2) If either drive fails the entire volume will be unusable.
But you say that you'll have an offline backup, so those issues shouldn't be a large concern.
If you create two non-redundant volumes, you won't exactly get an 8TB drive; you'll get two 4TB drives. If you want to store more than 4TB of data on the NAS, you'll have to manually choose how to split it between the two drives.
A better solution, if you want a single 8TB drive, is to use FlexRAID and choose "RAID0" instead of "none". That will combine your two drives into one volume. The only issues are:
1) In the unlikely event that the NAS fails, it won't be impossible to read the data from that volume using a PC, but it won't be trivial, either.
2) If either drive fails the entire volume will be unusable.
But you say that you'll have an offline backup, so those issues shouldn't be a large concern.
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