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ReadyNas Pro - Dual Redundancy
Hello All! New to the Forum. Was hoping someone can help me out.
I have a ReadyNas Pro Edition RAIDiator 4.2.22 and just swap all 6 Hard Disks (2TB Western Digital WD20EFRX). I want to get away from Standard Redundancy and utilize Dual Redundancy. I went Volume Settings but dont see option there (Got it from this Netgear Link - http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/21236)
The NAS is currently Idle after factory reset (already configured and synched itself up) and is ready for use. But I cant find the option to setup Dual Redundancy. Please help. Thanks.
I have a ReadyNas Pro Edition RAIDiator 4.2.22 and just swap all 6 Hard Disks (2TB Western Digital WD20EFRX). I want to get away from Standard Redundancy and utilize Dual Redundancy. I went Volume Settings but dont see option there (Got it from this Netgear Link - http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/21236)
The NAS is currently Idle after factory reset (already configured and synched itself up) and is ready for use. But I cant find the option to setup Dual Redundancy. Please help. Thanks.
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- What is your volume capacity?
- 6 Drives, 2TB each. 12TB
- No, what is the volume capacity shown in Frontview under Volumes. Is your volume C about 7TB in capacity or 9TB?
If you are using dual-redundancy it should say so. If you did a factory default with 6 drives installed it should have configured your unit to use dual-redundancy. - It is 9TB.
Configuration: RAID Level X-RAID2, 6 disks
Status: Redundant
It should say Dual Redundancy. When I factory reset, it didn't give me choice to do any of this. - Do another factory default.
This time open RAIDar (http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20684/), click setup, choose X-RAID2, tick the dual-redundancy option and confirm your choice. You will have 10 minutes to do this. If you don't the NAS will choose for you, which may be single-redundancy again. - Thank you so much. I always wondered what the 'Timeout' was all about for initial setup. Sync in progress! You guys are the best.
- The timeout also gives you the ability to power down however you can to abort the factory default before your disks are wiped should you somehow happen to "accidentally" initiate a factory default.
- Good to know thanks again!
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