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BennyBundkort
Aspirant
Aug 20, 2019

Switching from X-RAID to Flex-RAID

Hello everyone,    I'm thinking about doing some changes to the RAID configuration of our NAS system to improve performance (write performance is priority)   Right now we are running a RAID 5 in ...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 20, 2019
BennyBundkort wrote:

 

  When using 2 SSDs should i choose RAID 0 for the best performance and most space, or choose RAID 1 for reliability?

 

Choose RAID-1.  Otherwise you'll lose the volume when the time comes to replace one of the SSDs.

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BennyBundkort
Aspirant
Aug 20, 2019

Thank you StephenB

 

Do you know if going from X-RAID to Flex-RAID cause any downtime?

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    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Aug 20, 2019
    BennyBundkort wrote:

    Do you know if going from X-RAID to Flex-RAID cause any downtime?

    Normally it doesn't.  But I haven't used ReadyTier, so I have no direct experience with that.

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