[Leica] ReadyNAS Questions.....

[john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)]

If mixed sized drives are used then it will be a multiple of the smallest is
used (I think). So putting 2x2TB and 1x500GB would only give 1TB of RAID5,
3x 2TB would give 4TB.

NV+ is Ethernet only, a USB HDD can be attached to it but you cannot use an
NV+ as locally attached storage - hence a NAS ;-)

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> John... thanks for the quick answer... you hit on  the issues right
> away....
> 
> can I put in drives of different sizes?  Like mix and match 2TB with
> 1.5TB
> with 200GB?
> Must I use Ethernet as the connection to my PC or can I use USB?  (
> speed of
> transfer is not an issue)
> 
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
> 
> 
> Put at least 2 disks in and use X-RAID (this is on an NV+). It will
> create a
> RAID 1 (mirror) with 2 (i.e lose 50% of storage), when you add a 3rd
> disk,
> either originally or after a while, this will expand to a RAID 5
> (striped
> with redundancy) and you will get N-1 storage, i.e adding the 3rd HDD
> will
> double your storage (3 disks total so 2 disks of storage).
> 
> If you set it to RAID 1 then it will always be that with no option to
> expand
> when more disks are added.
> 
> john
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > I am about ready to (finally) purchase one of these babies, but first
> > some questions....
> > Hoping some of you out there have experience....
> >
> > Which RAID format should I use?  Raid I, 2,etc....  Is this setting
> > done during setup of the box  on my computer?
> >
> > Is there a preference for the NV models or the Ultra series?  Why?
> >
> > Note: Windows platform, Vista 32 bit OS
> >
>