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JBOD vs regular HDD vs RAID
i'm curious as the reliability of the JBOD setup compared to just having a HDD in my regular computer. is it the same chances of a disk failing or being rendered FUBAR? i only ask as when using RA...
liquidmonkey wrote:
if i add a new disk, then it WILL be formatted and all data will be lost, right?
Yes the disk you add will be wiped.
liquidmonkey wrote:
if i remove an existing disk and then re-insert it, NO formatting takes place, all data is ok, right?
Wrong. The disk would be wiped.
liquidmonkey wrote:
does it matter if i move one existing disk to another bay, from 1 to 3, for example?
If you power off the NAS, then move the disks across then power back on it should work fine, but there's no need to rearrange the disks.
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