I ordered a TS-h973AX, due to arrive in a week.
I planned to add 3 drives and expand it later.
I just learned you can't add disks to an existing raid group with QuTS Hero.
I see that QTS should work ok on the NAS, which does let me add disks to a raid group.
Is there any disadvantage to QTS vs. QuTS Hero? Do I lose anything going with QTS?
I'd really like to be able to grow the raid group, and it only has large 5 bays.
Advice please?
Thanks!
TS-h973AX - Should I install QTS?
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Re: TS-h973AX - Should I install QTS?
You lose the ability to use ZFS with QTS but since it's a limitation in ZFS that you can't add disks to a RAID group, QTS is probably the better choice for you.
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!
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!