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ReadyNas Nv+ 2, How to useMax storage.
Hi There. I am a complete beginner when it comes to NAS so i apoligize for my ignorance beforehand. I recently got gifted a ReadyNas NV+ 2 (RND4000-200EUS) with 2x 3TB drives. It currently has ...
I Solved my issue.
Using the older RAIDar version (4.3.8) did make the process faster but it still made separate drives (using JBOD) but that is ok because i found a solution to my particular case, here is what i have:
So i have 3 drives:
- 3TB (media-c)
- 3TB (media-d)
- 1TB (media-e)
They are all mounted through nfs on my linux server.
i found a way to combine the drive with something called mhddfs. this basically combines my 3 drives into one giving me the max amount of space i want from my media server. using this guide: https://www.tecmint.com/combine-partitions-into-one-in-linux-using-mhddfs/ i guess the only downside is that you cannot controll where the information goes but that does not bother me at all this seems good enough.
Right now i am transfering all media to my nas and i see it transfering at 15-24MiB/sec and i do not know if this is good. i think it should be able to go faster sinca a 7200 drive can give about 80-160MB/s (at least that is what google says)
Can anybody tell me if this is the fastest it can go?. both my devices are connected to a tp link ls1005g (5-port Gigabit Desktop Switch). and the NAS has the green light blinking behind, my server is also blinking green.
If anyone has a better setup please let me know. for now my issue is solved thanks to you guys.
khyretos wrote:
I want it to give me 1 drive with the max capacity. So 5.4TB of space. I tried setting it to Flex-Raid 0 and when its done with the factory reset it appears as Flex 5,
What version of RAIDar are you using? I think you need to be using 4.3.8 for this. Then set the RAID level during the ~10 minute window after you do the factory default.
I am using RAIDar_6.5.0.
I do set the option in there but it just does not listen or maybve i am misunderstanding this.
I am trying out a different solution and that is to combine the drives into 1 using software in linux called "overlayfs".
I will basically mount all the network drives and use software to combine them into 1, i just want a convenient solution to place data in 1 place, i dont really care in which of the disks it goes as long as it is in the NAS.
maybe you have a sugesiton?
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