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flattened
Apprentice
Apr 23, 2018

ReadyNAS 4312 (or similar) - RAID config and expansion

Hi, I need help with a decision. We'd like 20TB of storage for both iSCSI LUN HyperV VHD virtualisation and general SMB3 data (with snapshots). One volume. The 12 bay RR4312S is a model we ar...
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Using with a Virtual Hypervisor
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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 23, 2018

X-RAID uses RAID-6 where more than 6 disks are installed.

 

There are multiple different Flex-RAID options, RAID-0 (not recommended), RAID-1, RAID-5, RAID-6, RAID-10, RAID-50 and RAID-60.

 

For your NAS the options to consider would be RAID-6, RAID-10, RAID-50 or RAID-60.

 

If you want to vertically expand a Flex-RAID volume you'll need to replace all your disks with higher capacity ones one by one (wait for resync to complete before replacing the next disk). See How do I vertically expand a Flex-RAID volume on my ReadyNAS OS 6 storage system?

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