Revert back to raid 0

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Typey1
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Revert back to raid 0

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Hi, I just purchased a qnap ts-253a 6tb unit that I set up using default values, I then tried to add 1.02tb of files and I couldn't as it needed another 5gb of space!!
How can I revert back to raid 0 so I can use the extra storage and back up occasionally to usb drive?

Thanks, Carl.
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Re: Revert back to raid 0

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You are short on details. What firmware version and build date? What RAID version (I'm guessing RAID1). If you have RAID1, you have about 5.4TB of storage. That is assuming that you have two 6TB disks. Like I said, short on details.

You cannot go from RAID1 to inferior no RAID (which is what RAID0 really is) without rebuilding the NAS from scratch,
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Re: Revert back to raid 0

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Typey1 wrote:Hi, I just purchased a qnap ts-253a 6tb unit...
Qnap don't sell NASes with disks included so the "6tb" is something your reseller must have added and therefore nobody here have any idea what that could be. 2*3 TB, 1*6 TB, 2*6 TB?
RAID have never ever been a replacement for backups. Without backups on a different system (preferably placed at another site), you will eventually lose data!

A non-RAID configuration (including RAID 0, which isn't really RAID) with a backup on a separate media protects your data far better than any RAID-volume without backup.

All data storage consists of both the primary storage and the backups. It's your money and your data, spend the storage budget wisely or pay with your data!
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