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Use 2 HDD as single drives in READYNAS 312
Hi, i'm using a ReadyNas 312 to backup data from a ReadyNas 424. The 312 holds two HDD: one with 8 TB and another with 6 TB. I did configure the system as Flexraid (JBOD) and for each HDD a sing...
coppi wrote:
Thank you for the answers.
I bought the ReadyNas 424 and it's running with XRaid (Raid 5) and currently there are 3 HDD in it (10.89 TB).
Before i was using the ReadyNas 312 and did backup the data to a USB-Drive.
But with the 424 size is getting bigger and he USB-Drive will not have enough space soon.
So i needed a different solution.
I know about the risk that there is no redundancy with two disks configured as JBOD.
I just want to make sure that if one disk is failing the other one is still working and i only have restart the backup for the new disk.
Btw: Backup is also made to another NAS placed at a different location
It sounds like the RN312 is being used to back up the RN424. I've done what you are doing myself (running two jbod volumes on a 2 bay backup NAS), in order to have enough volume space for everything. It's a workable approach, though expansion (or replacing failed disks) can take some time. And you might have to occasionally move shares around on the two volumes to maintain reasonable free space on both volumes.
coppi wrote:
Thank you for the answers.
I bought the ReadyNas 424 and it's running with XRaid (Raid 5) and currently there are 3 HDD in it (10.89 TB).
Before i was using the ReadyNas 312 and did backup the data to a USB-Drive.
But with the 424 size is getting bigger and he USB-Drive will not have enough space soon.
So i needed a different solution.
I know about the risk that there is no redundancy with two disks configured as JBOD.
I just want to make sure that if one disk is failing the other one is still working and i only have restart the backup for the new disk.
Btw: Backup is also made to another NAS placed at a different location
It sounds like the RN312 is being used to back up the RN424. I've done what you are doing myself (running two jbod volumes on a 2 bay backup NAS), in order to have enough volume space for everything. It's a workable approach, though expansion (or replacing failed disks) can take some time. And you might have to occasionally move shares around on the two volumes to maintain reasonable free space on both volumes.
Yes. The 312 is used to backup the data on 424.
I'm gonna use it like described.
Thx for all the answers.
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