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Readynas Duo V2 - Raid1 and xRaid2
I've been reading through a few posts here and the documentation(RAIDiator 5.3 SW Manual_3Jul12.pdf) and have a few questions about how to setup my RAID. I have a Duo V2 which means I have a maximu...
Thank you for the replies, the biggest worry for me is if the unit fails and I can't find a replacement system for xRaid2 drives.
Since the Duo V2 does not support xRaid1, I assume those people with xRaid1 formatted drives are stuck (well if you couldn't buy the old Duo V1 second hand). If the Duo V3 comes out and doesn't support xRaid2 I will have to use a Linux system to copy my data to the new system. If I was using Raid1 presumably I could just plug these drives into any supporting Raid1 unit and carry on?
Is the only real advantage of xRaid2 over Raid1 the ability to swap 1 of the drives for a larger size? For example if I wanted to upgrade my data on to larger disks I would replace DISK1 with a large drive wait for the unit to resync the data and the replace DISK2 with an equally large drive and wait for the sync?
Since the Duo V2 does not support xRaid1, I assume those people with xRaid1 formatted drives are stuck (well if you couldn't buy the old Duo V1 second hand). If the Duo V3 comes out and doesn't support xRaid2 I will have to use a Linux system to copy my data to the new system. If I was using Raid1 presumably I could just plug these drives into any supporting Raid1 unit and carry on?
Is the only real advantage of xRaid2 over Raid1 the ability to swap 1 of the drives for a larger size? For example if I wanted to upgrade my data on to larger disks I would replace DISK1 with a large drive wait for the unit to resync the data and the replace DISK2 with an equally large drive and wait for the sync?
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