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RAID 1 for ReadyNAS Ultra 2
Hello all, I have just received my ReadyNAS Ultra 2 and I wish to perform a simple RAID 1. But I would like to know it it will be possible, in cas of a hardware failure of the ReadyNAS, to take on...
If you are using the ultra as a backup device, then that is a good approach. If the ultra is your primary storage then depending on RAID-1 alone is a risky strategy. There are many people here who used that approach and lost their data. The NAS itself can fail, and since the drives are presented with the same loads, multiple drive failures do occur. And of course there is the possibility of disaster (flood, lightening, theft, etc).
Limerick wrote: Hi Stephen,
Thanks for the answer.
In fact my RAID 1 is supposed to be the backup.
I will look for such tool to easily read ext file format from within Windows (perhaps you have one favorite...?), but is it possible to use a NTFS a FAT 32 format when installing the RAID 1 on the Ultra 2 ?
Anyway, you cannot use NTFS or FAT32 as a native volume format on the NAS.
As far as tools, go, there is an ext2fsd freeware package you can try. There are also some linux boot CDs that you could also try.
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