NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
NV+ extra disk cacacity..
Hi there I have just recently bought a Readynas NV+. It came with the factory fitted 4x250gb hard drives. I have removed these and put in a 1.5tb and 1tb. (I also have 2x500gb to add at a later da...
If you use RAID-0, the best way is to keep the drives independent (that is, volume C being only drive 1, volume D being only drive 2).
shb367 wrote: Thanks for your advice. I regularly back up to external drives so Raid 0 maybe still an option...
You can do this by doing a factory reset with only 1 drive installed, and then choosing flex-raid. After the initial setup, add a second drive and create a new volume.
You will lose RAID-5 protection of course, and also the automatic expansion feature of XRAID. But if a drive fails, you will still have the data on the other drives.
The downside is that you need to manage the space used on each volume manually (occasionally you will need to move shares around to prevent one drive from getting overly full).
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
