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Newbie - Novice requires Setup Advice
Hi, I'm a complete novice when it comes to NAS, Raid, etc, however have bought some kit, so would like some advice on the best setup for what I want to primarily use, which is: i) Media Stream...
I don't suggest you use more than 2 drive sizes. The storage will be sort of allocated in layers by the system and it only automatically supports two layers. So if you put in the 2TB and two 3TBs you'll get one 2TB layer across all three disks and a second 1TB layer across the two 3TB drives. Total capacity will be 5TB and you can use the 1.5TB for backups of the really critical stuff. Or if you don't need 5TB, then put in the 2 3TB for now (giving you 3TB of storage) and then use the 1.5TB and 2TB both for backups and you can back up everything. Don't think of the mirroring as your backup because it's still a single system and you could lose it. Put all the drives in from the start and then power it up to get the minimal initialization time.
In case it isn't obvious, if you insert the drives with content on them you will lose that content. In order to use those drives you need to move the data off and then copy it back after the drive becomes part of the NAS.
Good luck!
In case it isn't obvious, if you insert the drives with content on them you will lose that content. In order to use those drives you need to move the data off and then copy it back after the drive becomes part of the NAS.
Good luck!
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