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How to get into flex-raid?

Retired_Member
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How to get into flex-raid?

I just got the the ReadyNAS 314 and I can't figure out for the life of me how to get into Flex-Raid. I've ready the manual and documentation online.. I reboot the system and go to Factory Default. There is a 10 minute window.. but I don't know how to get Flex-RAID as an option! Please help. Thank you!
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chirpa
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Re: How to get into flex-raid?

On the System>Volume page, click the X-RAID button on the right.

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Retired_Member
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Re: How to get into flex-raid?

How do I create a RAID-0 then? I must have been looking at old documentation. I followed your previous advice and did switch to Flex-raid.
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Retired_Member
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Re: How to get into flex-raid?

I switched from X-RAID to Flex-RAID now it says rebuilding in progress. Can I not switch to RAID-0 until the rebuild is done?
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chirpa
Luminary

Re: How to get into flex-raid?

Click the new volume that is rebuilding, and click Delete. Then select the disks you want in the array.
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Retired_Member
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Re: How to get into flex-raid?

EDIT--

THANK You!!! Problem solved. It's building my RAID-0 NOW!!! Thanks much!!
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Marto731
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To go to Flex-raid on OS6

To PowerMan and other users,

There was an article, on the KB about this.
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22812

Also,
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23127
I can understand not documenting much about RAID 0, as there is no redundancy.
I don't want unfamiliar users to opt for it.

So, for example, if you have 4 disks on RAID 0, and one fails, you lose data across all 4.

Regards, Marto
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StephenB
Guru

Re: To go to Flex-raid on OS6

Marto73 wrote:
...So, for example, if you have 4 disks on RAID 0, and one fails, you lose data across all 4...
Yes - which of course is a serious drawback. The only RAID-0 mode that makes much sense is JBOD (sticking with 1 drive per volume).
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Retired_Member
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Re: How to get into flex-raid?

I understand the drawbacks of RAID-0. However, I use CrashPlan... so if a hard drive were to fail, I simply just do a restore after replacing the broken hard drive.

With the ReadyNAS 314 only having 4 bays, I need to utilize my hard drives to gain the maximum amount of disk space available.

I just got the ReadyNAS setup and I'm restoring all my files now as I type this from CrashPlan 🙂 4.6TB of data will only take 6-8 days to restore according to the CrashPlan software (I have a 115Mbps Internet connection).
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StephenB
Guru

Re: How to get into flex-raid?

I would still recommend using jbod. I use CrashPlan also btw.
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Retired_Member
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Re: How to get into flex-raid?

I guess I didn't know the ReadyNAS supported JBOD? So basically you're saying each drive is setup on it's own then?

To be honest, I'm picky. I hate seeing more than 1 drive letter LOL. I don't like to click around and not know where stuff is 🙂

CrashPlan is now at 6.3 days remaining 🙂 not too shabby for that much data to restore! I pre-paid 4 years in advance too so I don't get hosed like I did in 2011 when Mozy took everyone's unlimited data away. At least with CrashPlan I'll be covered for 4 years. I'm debating if I want to extend it even further 😕 ... but this is getting off topic now LOL
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StephenB
Guru

Re: How to get into flex-raid?

PowerMan572 wrote:
I guess I didn't know the ReadyNAS supported JBOD? So basically you're saying each drive is setup on it's own then?
Yes.

PowerMan572 wrote:
To be honest, I'm picky. I hate seeing more than 1 drive letter LOL. I don't like to click around and not know where stuff is 🙂
Shares are advertised w/o respect to drive letters, so you can still see all the shares when you enter \\NASNAME in windows explorer.

The net here is that using RAID-0 to span 4 drives means that you will need to restore 4x more data than necessary (assuming single drive replacements as the norm). Yes, you can do that in about a week (assuming CrashPlan continues to operate at its current speed). But you could do it in about two days, getting everything up and running much faster.

Also, though CrashPlan is working out for me (and is very reasonably priced) I wouldn't trust it (or any cloud provider) as only only backup.
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