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Two Raid 1 Set Up in 4 Bay NAS
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:45 am
by sye2eye
Hi,
I currently have 2 6Tb HDDs set up as RAID 1 in a 4 bay TS-453 Pro. I wondered if I can add another 2 (different sized) HDDs in the remaining bays and create another separate RAID 1 volume?
Thanks in advance
Sye
Re: Two Raid 1 Set Up in 4 Bay NAS
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:09 am
by dolbyman
sure .. why not ?
Re: Two Raid 1 Set Up in 4 Bay NAS
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:19 am
by sye2eye
Thanks Dolbyman, any pointers on where in QTS I would set this up?
Re: Two Raid 1 Set Up in 4 Bay NAS
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:43 am
by dolbyman
just add the two drives and create a new RAID1 group in storage manager
http://docs.qnap.com/nas/4.3/cat2/en/in ... groups.htm
Re: Two Raid 1 Set Up in 4 Bay NAS
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:46 am
by sye2eye
Thanks Dolbyman, I'll give it a go.
Re: Two Raid 1 Set Up in 4 Bay NAS
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 1:30 am
by MrVideo
Dumb question... why RAID1s? You'd be better off running a single RAID5. More data storage. Easier to manage.
Re: Two Raid 1 Set Up in 4 Bay NAS
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:05 am
by dolbyman
because of the different sizes? (than the original drives)
Re: Two Raid 1 Set Up in 4 Bay NAS
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 7:19 pm
by MrVideo
If they are both 6TB, or larger, then the point is moot. If not, I would wait until you can get 6TB drives. Putting in two RAID1s will, IMHO, back you into a corner.
Re: Two Raid 1 Set Up in 4 Bay NAS
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:04 pm
by sye2eye
Thanks for the advice. I had 2 spare 2Tb drives and 2 spare slots in the NAS which I've now set up as a separate RAID1 and is working fine. Not ideal I know, and once funds allow I'll look at setting it up differently.
Thanks again