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notcounting
Mar 19, 2014Aspirant
Limit On Volume Count?
I have a readynas Ultra 6 unit that I am using in flex-raid mode. I added a new disk to the unit, and it recognized the disk as OK. The problem is that it is not letting me add a new volume for the...
mdgm-ntgr
Mar 19, 2014NETGEAR Employee Retired
RAIDiator 4.2.x has a limit of four volumes.
If you really want a separate volume on each disk, give ReadyNAS OS a try: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=70133 (I would recommend updating to 6.1.7-RC4 as it has some changes to better work on legacy hardware: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=154&t=72282)
However if you have a separate volume for each disk, if the disk fails all data is lost. So if your data is important to you it is vital that you maintain a good backup.
If you really want a separate volume on each disk, give ReadyNAS OS a try: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=70133 (I would recommend updating to 6.1.7-RC4 as it has some changes to better work on legacy hardware: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=154&t=72282)
However if you have a separate volume for each disk, if the disk fails all data is lost. So if your data is important to you it is vital that you maintain a good backup.
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