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Moving beyond RAID and XRAID2
Most consumer and even pro-sumer NAS boxes use a form of RAID typically RAID1 or RAID5 or something that looks very similar to these. I think one can justifiably argue that a ReadyNAS Pro with six dri...
In 2010 the forum collectively discussed the validity of dual redundancy (and I even linked one of the articles you referred to) -> http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=43796&p=247391. Now we explore the validity of RAID itself in our current storage climate. In perusing the third link I find a few interesting premises however my experience with FEC and dispersal (anyone remember Mango?) make me wonder how likely Netgear is to implement (and even how functional these 'larger' concepts can be in a home or SOHO environment) cutting edge technologies when we still have real issues with Samba, iTunes server, Time Machine connectivity, etc. I see value in increasing spindle count and decreasing individual element capacity (the same thing you do when you need IOPS) but the real question - who wants to pay for it? Heck, nobody was even interested in data duplication on the ReadyNAS (http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=51922&p=298006) and that, potentially and only to a certain extent - might have reduced your storage requirements and at least temporarily obviated the need for a drive upgrade (though there are those who will tell you dedupe isn't worth it without much, much more data).
I'd ask isn't it cheaper, safer and easier (in the long run) to buy a second ReadyNAS?
I'd ask isn't it cheaper, safer and easier (in the long run) to buy a second ReadyNAS?
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