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Swapping from Raid 5 to Raid 0..easy?
Have just set up my Readynas 104 with 3 3tb and 1 2tb disks and would like to be able to access the full capacity of the disks which as I understand means swapping to Raid 0. Is this easy or would ...
You need to destroy the existing volume and convert to flexraid. xeltos outlined the procedure - you will need to restore all data, as the process is destructive.
Don't use RAID-0 to span multiple disks, as you will lose all data when one disk fails. Just jbod (with 4 separate volumes) instead.
Though you need a backup even with xraid, you need to be even more careful about maintaining a backup if you have no RAID protection at all. Also, I strongly recommend UPS for all NAS - no matter what the RAID mode is.
Don't use RAID-0 to span multiple disks, as you will lose all data when one disk fails. Just jbod (with 4 separate volumes) instead.
Though you need a backup even with xraid, you need to be even more careful about maintaining a backup if you have no RAID protection at all. Also, I strongly recommend UPS for all NAS - no matter what the RAID mode is.
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