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Daf1
Oct 24, 2013Tutor
RAID-5 (Flex ?) expansion on ReadyNas 104
Hi, Haven't yet - but considering buying ReadyNAS 104 - 4bay. Looking to possibly fill it with 4x 4Tb disks in RAID-5 I think I'll go for generic RAID-5 (Flexi ?) rather than XRAID My que...
StephenB
Oct 24, 2013Guru - Experienced User
If you want raid5 or raid6, just use xraid2. That runs raid-5 underneath, and enables both horizontal and vertical expansion later on.
flexraid is ideal if you want jbod, RAID-10 or want multiple volumes (2 RAID-1 mirrors for example). But there is no benefit if all you want is a single volume with raid5 or raid6.
flexraid is ideal if you want jbod, RAID-10 or want multiple volumes (2 RAID-1 mirrors for example). But there is no benefit if all you want is a single volume with raid5 or raid6.
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