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Netgear Duo storage capacity
Hi. I have bought a Netgear Duo with 2x1tb hard drives installed and I want to ask a dumb question. The NAs is up and working, RaidR reports both drives are in, working and available. So why is ...
RAID redundancy works below the file system, so it is all or nothing. It isn't really backup (generally it is a mistake to think of it that way).
You can set it up so that the two disks are independent volumes, though that will require you to start over (wiping all the data on the drives). What you would do is remove both drives, and delete the partitions (easiest to do that on a PC). Install RAIDar on a PC, then put the first drive in the NAS, and power it on. You have 10 minutes to then choose "flexraid" via RAIDar. You will want RAID-0. After the install is 100% done, you can put in a second disk and add a second volume. You should read the section in the manual on flexraid (pg 17-21) http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/ ... 6Dec11.pdf
You can also use RAID-0 to create a single 2 TB volume (spanning both your disks) instead of 2 1TB volumes, but as Chirpa said, that is NOT what you want. The problem with that mode is that if either drive fails you lose everything. That is why I suggest installing the disks one at a time - it is the easiest way to avoid ending up in that mode by mistake.
Once done, you can then use Frontview backup to schedule regular backups on specific folders. You can backup to the other NAS volume, USB drive, or a PC. I suggest backing it up on a different device if you can, as then it is easier to get your data back if the NAS chassis fails.
You can set it up so that the two disks are independent volumes, though that will require you to start over (wiping all the data on the drives). What you would do is remove both drives, and delete the partitions (easiest to do that on a PC). Install RAIDar on a PC, then put the first drive in the NAS, and power it on. You have 10 minutes to then choose "flexraid" via RAIDar. You will want RAID-0. After the install is 100% done, you can put in a second disk and add a second volume. You should read the section in the manual on flexraid (pg 17-21) http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/ ... 6Dec11.pdf
You can also use RAID-0 to create a single 2 TB volume (spanning both your disks) instead of 2 1TB volumes, but as Chirpa said, that is NOT what you want. The problem with that mode is that if either drive fails you lose everything. That is why I suggest installing the disks one at a time - it is the easiest way to avoid ending up in that mode by mistake.
Once done, you can then use Frontview backup to schedule regular backups on specific folders. You can backup to the other NAS volume, USB drive, or a PC. I suggest backing it up on a different device if you can, as then it is easier to get your data back if the NAS chassis fails.
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