X-RAID and access to data if box fails

StephenB wrote:

With a RAID-5 array with N disks, you need at least N-1 disks connected to the system doing the recovery. There's a thread here which should give you some idea of what's involved: viewtopic.php?f=50&t=75900#p422576 You can of course use two RAID-1 volumes on the RN314 - which offers less space than RAID-5, but is easier to recover data from. If the NAS fails (and the disks are intact) you can migrate the disks to a compatible replacement NAS. That would include the RN500 products. Netgear supports upward migration from RN100/RN200 arm systems to the RN300/RN500/RN700 intel systems, but not downward migration from the intel to arm. How did the ultra's fail btw?

I don't want to go near RAID-5, I'm happy to mirror only.

I got bounced around the process between NG and Seagate as to who would address the problem and ended up having to buy two new disks to put in the original ultra to prove to NG that it was the NAS, so they then RMA'd the NAS. No reason why it wouldn't work.

2nd just stopped - it doesn't boot into tech support mode and there's no apparent network signal when plugged into a switch, so sounds like a critical component.