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X-RAID or Flex-RAID for Duo v1?
I've just fitted two blank 2TB identical disks (enterprise grade) to my old Duo v1, it merrily started to install X-RAID (and is apparently going to take 9 hours, ouch. Would a RAM upgrade speed thi...
With 2 disks, X-RAID will create a RAID-1 as well. So, there is no difference there. In a 2-bay unit RAID-1 would be the recommended raid.
As for the speed... These are old units as you know. The CPU and RAM are very limited. I am not sure if you can upgrade the RAM on these models but even if you could, I am not sure it would make much of a difference given the CPU limitations. I think you just need to wait it out.
With 2 disks, X-RAID will create a RAID-1 as well. So, there is no difference there. In a 2-bay unit RAID-1 would be the recommended raid.
As for the speed... These are old units as you know. The CPU and RAM are very limited. I am not sure if you can upgrade the RAM on these models but even if you could, I am not sure it would make much of a difference given the CPU limitations. I think you just need to wait it out.
Thanks. Based on your advice I'll leave it as X-RAID.
FWIW The Duo v1 uses a single stick of laptop RAM that can be upgraded to 1GB I believe, although finding 1GB PC3200 CL3 is no easy task, so far I've only seen 512MB sticks on the used market. Current intended use will be as a media server so will have to see how that goes with the stock 256MB RAM stick.
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