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coolsnaz
Jul 25, 2012Aspirant
Xraid2 and HDD Upgrades
Hi Guys, I have 2 ReadyNAS units, one is an Ultra 6 Plus and the second is the Ultra 6 Pro. Both have 3x 2TB WD Black WD2002FAEX in an Xraid2 format (2x2TB = 4TB + 1x 2TB Redundancy) Current la...
coolsnaz
Jul 25, 2012Aspirant
I intend on moving one of the units off site, so I think getting the 3TBx HDD in asap would be preferable as I would be in a convenient position to do one upgrade including a full factory reset and rebuild. Then do a full Rsync backup over the LAN (rather than WAN), and then do the same factory reset and rebuild on the second unit.
And as I am unlikely to fill the units with HDD larger than 3TB each, I shouldn’t go over 15TB with the 3TB redundancy. Which is under the 16TB Linux limitation!
Thank you both for all your help, it has been very informative and has helped my design a tremendous amount!
Many Thanks
CoolSnaz
And as I am unlikely to fill the units with HDD larger than 3TB each, I shouldn’t go over 15TB with the 3TB redundancy. Which is under the 16TB Linux limitation!
Thank you both for all your help, it has been very informative and has helped my design a tremendous amount!
Many Thanks
CoolSnaz
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