noob tr002 raid 1 with qnap external raid manager Cross platform Mac/Windows
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noob tr002 raid 1 with qnap external raid manager Cross platform Mac/Windows
I have just received my new tr002. I would like to have it as hardware raid 1. I want to be able to plug it into both my mac and my windows device (one at a time) as a direct attached storage.
Users must purchase a separate exFAT driver license. Do I have to purchase this for both mac and windows? How do I install it. To the device?
Do I have to set it to software control to run it with the qnap external raid manager to install the exFAT file system? Then switch it back to raid 1?
will this not work cross platform as hardware raid?
Thanks for any and all help.
Users must purchase a separate exFAT driver license. Do I have to purchase this for both mac and windows? How do I install it. To the device?
Do I have to set it to software control to run it with the qnap external raid manager to install the exFAT file system? Then switch it back to raid 1?
will this not work cross platform as hardware raid?
Thanks for any and all help.
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Re: noob tr002 raid 1 with qnap external raid manager Cross platform Mac/Windows
exfat license is only for NAS devices.. the TR units are block storage and unaware what filesystem is running on them
Setup RAID1 either via software or hardware dip switches(see manual), after that it's just like any other external USB disk
Setup RAID1 either via software or hardware dip switches(see manual), after that it's just like any other external USB disk
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Re: noob tr002 raid 1 with qnap external raid manager Cross platform Mac/Windows
Thanks for the quick response!
OK so set the dip switches for raid 1. Hook it up and format it. If at some point an LED looks bad on one of the drives (back it all up) replace that with the same size drive asap.
These are not hot swappable correct?
So to replace disconnect drive from computer. safe remove usb unmount. turn the power off. Pull bad drive and insert new. power up. off and running again?
OK so set the dip switches for raid 1. Hook it up and format it. If at some point an LED looks bad on one of the drives (back it all up) replace that with the same size drive asap.
These are not hot swappable correct?
So to replace disconnect drive from computer. safe remove usb unmount. turn the power off. Pull bad drive and insert new. power up. off and running again?
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Re: noob tr002 raid 1 with qnap external raid manager Cross platform Mac/Windows
TR00x has hotswappable drive bays .. so hotswap should be the way to recover your raid
in 99% of all cases, you do NOT want to shut down your NAS or DAS to swap raid member drives
in 99% of all cases, you do NOT want to shut down your NAS or DAS to swap raid member drives
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wow glad I asked!
What if they are both healthy but I just want to pull both and store them separately, in cold storage? Not a good idea?
Like pull one put it in a fire safe at my house. My coworker takes the other one to another location and put in a fire safe. Then we both come back turn it on and go. Not safe?
What if they are both healthy but I just want to pull both and store them separately, in cold storage? Not a good idea?
Like pull one put it in a fire safe at my house. My coworker takes the other one to another location and put in a fire safe. Then we both come back turn it on and go. Not safe?
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Re: noob tr002 raid 1 with qnap external raid manager Cross platform Mac/Windows
Breaking the RAID is not a backup method, so if you want backups of your external Data, use another external device (USB disk,NAS,DAS,etc)
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Thanks for imparting your knowledge!
So it is more complicated than a mirroring copy device. Does qnap or anyone make something like that? copy once out a fast usb and save on two drives?
So it is more complicated than a mirroring copy device. Does qnap or anyone make something like that? copy once out a fast usb and save on two drives?
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no.. as said breaking a working RAID is NOT a backup.
So just do a manual or automated copy to another medium.. pretty easy
So just do a manual or automated copy to another medium.. pretty easy
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Understood that raid is not the way to make that happen. I am just looking for ways to speed up some workflows pushing terabytes of data around the faster I can copy it out the more often it will happen. Pushing it out through a small pipe once and having it fork on the external sounds useful. I thought maybe I could use one of these for that.
Thanks a lot for your time.
Thanks a lot for your time.
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Re: noob tr002 raid 1 with qnap external raid manager Cross platform Mac/Windows
Hey Dolbyman, How do I update the firmware? Switch it from raid 1 to software and run the qnap external raid manager, then switch it back to raid 1?
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I think the raid manager can always detect and update the tr..no need to destroy your data by playing with the switches
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so leave it in raid 1 but install and run the raid manager?
I know the switches kind of scare me. I kind of wish they were not so accessible.
I know the switches kind of scare me. I kind of wish they were not so accessible.
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Re: noob tr002 raid 1 with qnap external raid manager Cross platform Mac/Windows
installed the raid manager and it sees the drive even though it's dip switches are in raid 1. updating it now.