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ReadyNAS NV+ v1 wont sync one of its 4 drives
Hi folks. I've inherited a ReadyNAS NV+ (v1) from my son who was given it by a friend. No drives, just the NAS. I've purchased 4 x 2TB Seagate Barracuda's over the past week and have tried syncing th...
Thanks Marc. Once again an excellent answer. Both replies the same thing, so it must be true!
Thansk for your help.
t Hi gmunyard
Welcome to the Community!
Your total Capacity for your 4x2TB drives is just right. This is because of the protection RAID 5 has allocated to your system. (Which uses the 4th disk)
Since you setup the device using X-RAID, it automatically set the RAID to RAID 5 which is the case for a 4 disk setup.
RAID 5 makes the total capacity of your storage system equals the capacity of all your disks minus the capacity of one disk.
If you plan to use all of your disks as a volume you will have to destroy the volume, set it to FLEX-RAID and create a JBOD for each disk.
You can check the Manual on page 19 ReadyNAS NV+ Manual
Regards
Thanks Marc. Once again an excellent answer. Both replies the same thing, so it must be true!
Thansk for your help.
I'm glad we were able to help.
I own an NV+ myself, though I use it as a backup NAS now - my primary NAS is a RN526. Mine has been very reliable, but of course technology does advance, and it doesn't have the speed or the capacity of newer models.
A couple of things you might consider:
RAID is helpful, but it's not enough to protect your data from loss. There are plenty of folks here who assumed it was, and learned the hard way that RAID arrays and storage devices can fail. The best way to protect your data is to have backups on other devices. So if you are using your NAS as primary storage, you should put a backup plan in place. USB drives are an inexpensive approach.
Also, unexpected power failures can destroy your RAID volume - either because a power surge does damage, or simply because the NAS has queued up disk writes that are lost when the power fails. Many of the data loss stories we see here begin with an unexpected power loss. Protecting your NAS with a UPS is a good solution. You want one that has a USB interface that you can connect to the NAS - that tells the NAS when the UPS battery is running out, so it can shut down cleanly. There are lots of compatible UPS - APC and CyberPower are popular. You can of course ask here for advice on a specific model.
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