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Limerick1
Nov 05, 2012Aspirant
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...
StephenB
Nov 05, 2012Guru - Experienced User
Yes. Also perhaps with Windows using the extfsd package.
Limerick wrote: Oh okay.
So if I use Linux (from a boot CD or from a full Ubuntu intsallation for example), I can access to the data on one of the former RAID 1 HDD, and then move all the files to another HDD formatted with NTFS, and then recover data from Windows. Is that right (as you can gess, I am not a Linux expert... Windows neither :D )
If this is the main way that you want to recover your data, then you should test-drive it, so you know it will work when you need it.
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