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Installation help for RN104 newbie
Hi,
I have just purchased RN104 and wonder how to install it. I am having initially two new WD red 3TB drives. I am having two 3TB seagate drives on my PC that contains data (around 2,3 TB) that I want to move to NAS.
I want to copy existing data to NAS and have Raid 1 set that consist on one new WD drive and one old seagate drive. Then I want to have second set that is Raid 0 and consist as well of one new WD drive and one old seagate drive. Raid 0 set is used for files that require good performance. Raid 1 set is for redundancy and is used for back up data.
Is it possible to create two raid sets to this NAS? or can I use only one?
I have just purchased RN104 and wonder how to install it. I am having initially two new WD red 3TB drives. I am having two 3TB seagate drives on my PC that contains data (around 2,3 TB) that I want to move to NAS.
I want to copy existing data to NAS and have Raid 1 set that consist on one new WD drive and one old seagate drive. Then I want to have second set that is Raid 0 and consist as well of one new WD drive and one old seagate drive. Raid 0 set is used for files that require good performance. Raid 1 set is for redundancy and is used for back up data.
Is it possible to create two raid sets to this NAS? or can I use only one?
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- First, you need to actually copy the data to the NAS - the NAS needs to format the drives. So if you want to reuse your seagates you will need to copy the data off.
Also, you should check the hardware compatibility list for the RN104, so make sure your seagate models are listed there. Otherwise Netgear will deny support. http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641
Flexraid will let you set up the volumes as you desire.
Personally I am not a fan of RAID-0 to span disks. I don't think you'll see substantial performance gain with the RN104 on a gigabit network. You will lose reliability, since if either drive fails you lose the entire volume. So you will need to have a good backup strategy for that volume if you insist on that approach. - All of those drives are listed in hardware compatibility list. However, seagates (Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001) does not seem to have rotational vibration safeguard. I guess I will not use them then for RN104.
If there is no substantial performance gain with RAID 0, I guess I go with X-RAID2 then. I will use those seagate drives as backup for NAS instead with USB enclosure (Even I have offsite copy + cloud copy of important files)
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