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NAS with no backup?

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  • 19-12-2017 9:31pm
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    mathie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,102 ✭✭✭


    Hi
    Is it possible to just have a Synology NAS with no RAID (or SHR) options?

    I have two 8TB drives in a NAS and backups are going to be kept on external hard drives.

    When I go into RAID Type I see SHR (Synology Hybrid RAID) and the two drives and it's saying available space is roughly 7TB. I'd like to see 14TB :)

    I click Manage on the Volume and Change RAID Type is greyed out.

    Thanks
    M


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    mathie
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    Got it. RAID0.


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    minikin
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    A striped volume (RAID0) is quite risky!
    If one drive fails that’s all your data gone


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    16TB RAID0 is kinda fault prone alright.

    I'd go for JBOD and software pool them together.


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    degsie
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    You can delete the current volume and set up two separate volumes instead. Back up any needed data first.


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    mathie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,102 ✭✭✭mathie


    ED E wrote: »
    16TB RAID0 is kinda fault prone alright.

    I'd go for JBOD and software pool them together.

    What is "fault prone" about RAID0?


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    Nate--IRL--
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    mathie wrote: »
    What is "fault prone" about RAID0?

    A fault on either drive = 16TB loss

    With 2x 8TB Volumes, A fault on either drive = 8TB loss

    Basically you are increasing your risk of dataloss with RAID 0 for no gain.

    Nate


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Also if they're SMR drives then the odds are potentially increased again.


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    Nate--IRL--
    Registered Users Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭Nate--IRL--


    ED E wrote: »
    Also if they're SMR drives then the odds are potentially increased again.

    Thanks for that - I wasn't aware of SMR Drives before. Archive Disk is the best description I could use for them. Write Seldom, Read Often.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingled_magnetic_recording

    Nate


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    minikin wrote: »
    A striped volume (RAID0) is quite risky!
    If one drive fails that’s all your data gone
    It's called Raid 0 because that's the exact number of files you'll recover if any drive has a fault.

    Note
    since filesystems like NTFS put small files in an $MFT area you probably won't recover files below the stripe size either.


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    beauf
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    If you just want to see all the folders from both drives in one listing, you could use Libraries feature in Windows.

    But you probably doing something else entirely.


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