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Jonski
Mar 02, 2015Aspirant
VN+ V2 device offline, well sort of
Hi y'all. I have a NV+ V2 with 2x 2TB drives (Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001-9YN164, an approved drive) in X-RAID formation that has run for years without problems. Recently, two things happened- I sta...
Jonski
Mar 02, 2015Aspirant
Yes, I've got a recent backup. But I'm concerned that a disk failure, and two new disk insertions requires a system rebuild. I bought the NAS and put it in X-RAID specifically to not have to worry about such things- it was sold as a plug and play appliance. Disk positions didn't matter. Capacities were mix n match. It was something a non-technical user could manage. I'm technical, my wife is not. I don't want her to have technical headaches just because I've gone under a bus.
What's the process for minimal faffing around during rebuild? Can I pull a disk and use it as seed for the new setup? Do I need to recreate all the shares and permissions? What other considerations?
What's the process for minimal faffing around during rebuild? Can I pull a disk and use it as seed for the new setup? Do I need to recreate all the shares and permissions? What other considerations?
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