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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
xraid2 is actually not proprietary. Underneath it is mdraid, with some scripts around it for expansion.
Though if you want to migrate to another manufacturer's platform you'd need to copy the data in any event. The OS is saved on the disks, and it basically wouldn't boot on another hardware platform. Of course the btrfs file system is also somewhat unusual.
Though if you want to migrate to another manufacturer's platform you'd need to copy the data in any event. The OS is saved on the disks, and it basically wouldn't boot on another hardware platform. Of course the btrfs file system is also somewhat unusual.
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