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RND2110 v2 will not start up
Last week I stopped being able to access my ReadyNASRND2110v2 NAS on my network and the unit was powered down. I tried starting and the hard disk would spool up and stay spinning and I still had no ...
Thanks for your advice - it gives me a lot to think about.
rbush
rbush wrote:
One other thing - when using RAID, isn't the easiest way to backup would be to keep an extra disk and when you want to backup take one of the disks out of the NAS and slide in the extra and let it synch to the drive left in the NAS?
You're not the first to have that idea, but it is not recommended. One reason is that the SATA connectors on internal drives aren't designed for a lot of pulls. I've never seen one break, but I believe rotating drives that way is still likely to create damage. Even if the connectors hold up, I'd be worried about dropping one accidentally.
A second reason is that the sync itself does stress the drives and it copies everything (even free space). An incremental backup transfers a lot less data and is a lot faster.
Thanks for your advice - it gives me a lot to think about.
rbush
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