Hey there, I have a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 with 6 1TB seagate hard drives. I'm currently using X-RAID2 and I'm wondering whether or not my setup is set to single redundancy or dual redundancy? Right now with all 6 1TB drives, I have 4611 GB available for use. I don't see any option under volume settings for dual redundancy later, just:
You are using single-redundancy. If you were using dual-redundancy it would say so and you would have a volume capacity <4TB not >4TB with your disks.
As your drive bays are full the only way to migrate to dual-redundancy would be to: 1. Backup all data 2. Verify backup is good 3. Upgrade to latest RAIDiator via System > Update > Remote in Frontview (note if running firmware older than 4.2.16 you will need to update twice, once to 4.2.16 and then to the latest firmware). 4. Do a System > Config Backup 5. Do a factory default (e.g. via System > Update > Factory Default). 6. Since you have 6 disks installed X-RAID2 dual-redundancy should be chosen automatically, but if you wish you can open RAIDar (http://www.readynas.com/downloads), click setup during the 10 minute countdown, and choose X-RAID2 and tick the dual-redundancy option. 7. Restore Config Backup 8. Restore data from backup
Thought so! Thanks for verifying! 🙂 The ReadyNAS Ultra 6 with 4.2.19 firmware should allow me to use disks >= 3 TB, correct? Also, in the event the ReadyNAS box fails, is it possible to retrieve the data without purchasing another ReadyNAS box given its an X-RAID2 setup?
Thought so! Thanks for verifying! 🙂 The ReadyNAS Ultra 6 with 4.2.19 firmware should allow me to use disks >= 3 TB, correct?
Yes.
marky wrote:
Also, in the event the ReadyNAS box fails, is it possible to retrieve the data without purchasing another ReadyNAS box given its an X-RAID2 setup?
Yes. It would be easiest to use another ReadyNAS box, but any x86 Linux machine should easily be able to be used to recover your data (provided disks are fine).
