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Aug 29, 2018

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JBOD (Single)-function (2 HDDs as 2 independent drives) on USB

Hello, I'm trying to set up a JBOD box (IcyBox IB-3662U3) with 2 HDD as 2 independent drives on a one of the USB port. The RN31600 only recognize 1 HDD. Windows or MacOS recognize and mount both...

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StephenB
Aug 30, 2018
komm_it wrote:

Well, perhaps a new 4 drives NAS set up as JBOD is actually a better / safer solution…

I think it is safer, but your approach does allow you to remove the drives and access them directly with ext, which is a plus.

mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Aug 29, 2018

I don't think so.

Btw if you download the logs what is the date in bios_ver.log?

komm_it
Guide
Aug 30, 2018
Ok thank you.

Could a newer bios do the job?

/sys/class/dmi/id/bios_date
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11/06/2013
- mdgm-ntgr
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Aug 30, 2018
  No. In any case you already have the latest BIOS for your ReadyNAS installed.
  
  What the latest BIOS does have is a USB3 F/W update.
  - komm_it
    Guide
    Aug 30, 2018
    Well, actually, after having created sharepoints on both drive separatly (only one drive physically connected at a time) and connecting both drives again, I can see and access (r/w) both sharepoints via SMB and FTP…But the system only recognises 1 physical USB HDD
    
    Could this set-up be reliable and what could be the possible drawbacks of such a set-up?