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Limitations of RN51600
Hi all, Just to start I like to say that I have a four bay NV+ and a Ultra 6. I'm so happy with the units I am looking to get another unit, I'm looking getting the RN51600 this time but, before I ...
AbbottWins wrote: does it grow the main volume or does it create its own volume?
mdgm wrote: You have to create separate volumes for the EDA500s. If you had one big volume and accidentally disconnected an EDA500 it would be big trouble.
What I gather from the answers from mdgm, is that you could theoratically build one big 84 TB volume, but in real life you shouldn't, because it's bad practice and you run a great risk of losing data if an EDA500 gets accidentally disconnected.
AbbottWins wrote: If I have 3 EDA500 connected to the RN51600 would this be one big volume or 4 smaller volumes.
Based on StephenB's recommendation, I would go for 4 smaller volumes.
StephenB wrote: Creating a single 84 TB volume would be a bad idea. Much better to limit yourself to 1 volume per chassis.
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