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Mixed RAID1+RAID0 on a 2-bay RN422: possible?
Hi all, With a 2-bay RN422 with 2 × 6TB HD, is it possible to have a RAID1 volume of 4 TB mirrored on both drives + a RAID0 volume of 2+2=4 TB expanded on both drives? I'm in FlexRAID but I'm not ab...
luc1 wrote:
With a 2-bay RN422 with 2 × 6TB HD, is it possible to have a RAID1 volume of 4 TB mirrored on both drives + a RAID0 volume of 2+2=4 TB expanded on both drives?
Netgear did make quite a few changes to flexraid back in 6.7, but I don't see any way to do this.
You might consider just using JBOD (two 6 TB volumes), and back up some shares on disk 1 to disk 2 on a reasonable schedule.
Thanks Stephen for your suggestion. Yep! I shall think of that... I find a pity not to use RAID1 feature though. I've been using it for years and years on my ReadyNASes, it's really a peace of mind... Maybe the best option is to wait for cheaper 8TB drives! ;-)
Cheers,
Luc
FWIW, I agree it would be nice to be able to partition drives manually, so you could set up the configuration you outlined. The UI might be quite complicated though.
luc1 wrote:
I find a pity not to use RAID1 feature though. I've been using it for years and years on my ReadyNASes, it's really a peace of mind...
Bigger drives are of course one way out.
RAID1 has the advantage that the mirroring is instant. Backing up to another drive on the NAS isn't instant, so there would be some data loss. Though the independent volume doesn't need to be synced, which has it's own advantages.
A backup on a different device is really the only way to keep the data safe though.
Yes Stephen, you're perfectly right. The fact is that, for the 1st time since 10+ years I've been using Netgear NASes, I bought 2 of them, one for me and one for my son, to make those offsite backups you speak about, automatically, through a fiber connection between our 2 houses. Maybe we could look at a solution even more effective: 2 × JBOD, each one backing-up to the other one in the other NAS. Do you think with ReadyDR on (I just discovered the pretty new & cool features around there !...), this could be achieved in real time (or nearly real time)?
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