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NEWB 2TB + 1TB....? what will happen>?
I have just put one 2TB drive into my NV+2 and its working great, i have realized i have another 1TB sitting about doing nothing and also 2 x 500GB's what would happen if i was to put these into the ...
Hi! I'm in a similar situation, so excuse me for jumping in rather than creating a new topic...
I've got 2x new 3TB and 1x old unused 2TB drives. Would installing them would give me 5TB? My understanding is that this results in 2 "layers" (2TB * (3-1) across 3 drives + 1TB * (2-1) across the 2 larger drives).
I'm not technically inclined, so i dont know what is meant by "layers". If I plan to replace the 2TB drive with 2x 3TB drive in a month, am I better off not using the 2TB drive in the first place?
I guess my 2nd question is really asking... Will X-RAID2 convert the 2 layers in one (3T * (4-1) ) layer, or will I have a 2TB and a 1TB layer each across 4 drives? Is a single layer better than two? Or is "layer" really only an abstraction for determining capacity?
Thanks!
p.s. Oh, yeah... NV+ v2
I've got 2x new 3TB and 1x old unused 2TB drives. Would installing them would give me 5TB? My understanding is that this results in 2 "layers" (2TB * (3-1) across 3 drives + 1TB * (2-1) across the 2 larger drives).
I'm not technically inclined, so i dont know what is meant by "layers". If I plan to replace the 2TB drive with 2x 3TB drive in a month, am I better off not using the 2TB drive in the first place?
I guess my 2nd question is really asking... Will X-RAID2 convert the 2 layers in one (3T * (4-1) ) layer, or will I have a 2TB and a 1TB layer each across 4 drives? Is a single layer better than two? Or is "layer" really only an abstraction for determining capacity?
Thanks!
p.s. Oh, yeah... NV+ v2
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