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raskion
Jan 27, 2015Aspirant
Raid only a partition
Hi, I'm interested in Netgear RN10200. I would like to know if it's possible to raid (1) just a part of two hard drives, and leave other partitions in a non raid state (or JBOD if I understand corr...
StephenB
Jan 28, 2015Guru - Experienced User
4 bays are cheaper to expand later on (if you start with two disks). So that might be a consideration.
raskion wrote: Thanks, but 4 bay is too much for me.
It's easiest to set up shares - having the second volume with a single backup share is what I'd do.
raskion wrote:
StephenB wrote: The share names have to be unique though (documents, backup-documents).
Do I need to share both disks/folders? Can't I just share one of them and duplicate the other just for safety?
One benefit is that a backup share allows you to access the backup from your client devices.
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