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NV+ RAID Questions
I have poured over docs and posts but I just want to be double triple sure before embarking so am asking a redundant question I know... apologizies. I have an NV+. 2 drives running in bays 1 and 2...
Thank you for the very fast response.
Ouch, I better ask a little deeper question here, deeper for me that is.
First, I discovered I am running 4.1. I thought I'd advanced to the latest firmware but I need to resolve that straight away for starters.
Next, I will not gain any more space? Let me ask it this way:
I have two 2TB drives that are in bay 1 and 2 (C and D). I would like to mirror them. I would like to add two additional 1TB drives in bays 3 and 4 (E and F). Can I not see these E and F drives separately from C+D, and separate from each other? Providing 1 storage device off of the C+D drives, then a separate E drive, and a separate F drive? Is this possible? I thought from the reading I'd done, this was possible????
I will re-re-reread the docs again. This is what I could not understand. How to select Flexraid. How do I get to the screen or LED to see that. Trust me, I've read the manuals and searched to see just a simple sequence to get there and for the life of me I don't see how to get to that screen or LED selection. I will look at the docs again and see if it sheds more light. I'm not a dummy by any means but dang, this Netgear device does have me boondoggled.... and I know it is me.
Tx for your reply. Off I go again...
Ouch, I better ask a little deeper question here, deeper for me that is.
First, I discovered I am running 4.1. I thought I'd advanced to the latest firmware but I need to resolve that straight away for starters.
Next, I will not gain any more space? Let me ask it this way:
I have two 2TB drives that are in bay 1 and 2 (C and D). I would like to mirror them. I would like to add two additional 1TB drives in bays 3 and 4 (E and F). Can I not see these E and F drives separately from C+D, and separate from each other? Providing 1 storage device off of the C+D drives, then a separate E drive, and a separate F drive? Is this possible? I thought from the reading I'd done, this was possible????
I will re-re-reread the docs again. This is what I could not understand. How to select Flexraid. How do I get to the screen or LED to see that. Trust me, I've read the manuals and searched to see just a simple sequence to get there and for the life of me I don't see how to get to that screen or LED selection. I will look at the docs again and see if it sheds more light. I'm not a dummy by any means but dang, this Netgear device does have me boondoggled.... and I know it is me.
Tx for your reply. Off I go again...
StephenB wrote: Hopefully you understand that your desired configuration will not give you any more space that simply growing your existing XRAID volume to 4 disks.
Are you running a v2 (5.3.x firmware) or a v1 (4.1.x firmware)?
For the v1, flexraid is discussed starting on page 19 of the manual (http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/RAIDiator4-1_SW_en_06Dec11.pdf)
For the v2, it starts on page 21 (http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS%20ARM-PLATFORM%20%28DUO%20V2,%20NV+%20V2%29/RAIDiator%205.3%20SW%20Manual_5Sep12.pdf)
Either way, start with 2 disks installed, choose flex-raid, and then raid-1. That is volume C.
After that is finished up, add one disk, and create a new volume D. This will be RAID-0.
When that completes, add one more disk, and create a new volume E. That will also be raid-0.
BTW, if you had wanted to protect Volume D instead (2 RAID-1 mirrors) you would have added the disk to Volume D, instead of creating a new volume.
You create the shares on the desired volume, which gives you control over which are redundant.
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