Use NEW RAID calc to see how XRAID can maximize capacity

The traditional RAID section isn't always optimal. For instance, 1x500 GB + 3x1 TB can give you 2 TB of storage if you simply ignore the 500 GB drive. But the tool isn't smart enough to know that. Would be nice to have 5 and 6 TB drive icons also, since they are now available.

Also, it only applies to the OS6 form of XRAID. 2x2TB+4x4TB can't be created on the legacy x86 units, and there are other combinations that might be misleading to legacy unit owners. A note to that effect would be good.

It would also be cool if you could lock in your starting point, and then get errors if the configuration is invalid (for instance, if add a smaller drive to an existing array).

Overall very nice though. I like the drag and drop, and the graphical approach.

Not accurate to real world numbers, uses the marketing numbers. Take the data from your L2 agent koss, and use numbers that his tool gives, http://ram.kossboss.com/xraid/

chirpa wrote:
Not accurate to real world numbers, uses the marketing numbers...

To be fair here - I answer lots of questions here on RAID capacity (along with a few other folks). All of us are using the same formulas as http://www.netgear.com/RAIDtool. The main difference is that I always include both TiB and TB units, since that is a major source of confusion. I usually add a caveat that the OS partition and other overhead will reduce the actual capacity somewhat.

I'm ok with ignoring the overhead myself - as disks get bigger it matters less and less. I think its very important to have both TiB and TB reported.

Properly handling the limitations for the various NAS would be ideal, but the Koss tool doesn't do that either.