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RN42800 new install with 8 HGST NAS 8TB Drives how to set up as X-Raid with Raid 5
Have a new RN42800 with drives arriving in the next day or two and want to set it up with X-Raid in Raid5 format. From what I've seen in the Netgear Raid Calculator, it appears the system will set u...
>>With your 8x8GB with RAID5 you will get 56GB of the 64GB, while the RAID6 solution will render 48GB usable space for you.
I was using the Netgear Raid Calculator which shows 8x8 in X-Raid as 43.6 and Flex-Raid Level 5 at 50.8 which to me is losing an additional drive or that the "extra" protection costs the same as one 8TB HGST NAS drive.
That's just too costly for my purposes, these are media files and while I wouldn't want to lose them, the extra protection for two disk failures is too high.
Sorry for the confusion. For simplicity I was using TebiBytes while Netgear uses true TeraBytes in its calculator. Here is a link to shed a light on the difference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebibyte
As long as you are conscious about the risks all is fine. Good luck with the installion and lots of fun with your media hog.
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