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nasready 312 and JBOD / no RAID setup
Hi,
I'm thinking of buying a readynas 312 unit.
I was just wondering can I install in it 2 different drives (a 4TB drive and a 8TB) and use them as 2 different btrfs volumes?
Maybe I'm not using the right terminology, sorry for that but what I'd like to achieve is to use one drive for backups and the other for video files, so no RAID functionality.
Or will be only possible as big volume of a total of 4+8(12)TB?
My idea of separate volumes (each for the entirety of each hd) was for the easy of splitting the back up of those 2 drive to 2 different external usb drive (by using the backup function, but not sure if it will work this way)
Not sure and need your help,
many thanks!
Shouldn't be any problems, just disable xraid from the volumes tab, then create two separate volumes and you're good to go :-)
Edit; Not sure if the 312 can handle any 8TB drives though - on the official compatibility list there's only a 6TB drive, WD RED WD60EFRX.
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Shouldn't be any problems, just disable xraid from the volumes tab, then create two separate volumes and you're good to go :-)
Edit; Not sure if the 312 can handle any 8TB drives though - on the official compatibility list there's only a 6TB drive, WD RED WD60EFRX.
If you are talking about the Seagate archival drive (ST8000AS0012), then you should know that:
(a) It might not fit into the disk tray w/o removing some plastic nubs from the tray (not sure)
(b) the sustained write speed of that particular drive is extremely slow.
It is designed for cold storage applications, not a NAS (and Seagate recommends against using it in a NAS). Some users have done it anyway, and some of them have reported back confirming the slow write speed.
IMO You are better off with a WD60EFRX.
StephenB wrote:If you are talking about the Seagate archival drive (ST8000AS0012)
Yep, which is the one with hardware encryption, and then the ST8000AS0002 which should be cheaper.
In case it would be just for storing movies (on a single disk volume, no raid), but not sure if it's a good idea like you said. Apparently also every scrub by btrfs may shorten the disk life.
Thanks for your help and informations!
I actually just found this thread:
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