All Questions
82
questions
0
votes
0
answers
65
views
What happens when a URE is encountered during a RAID rebuild?
My current NAS (Synology 8x10TB) is near capacity and I'm looking to buy another one (8x22TB) ASAP.
After reading an alarming amount of articles when purchasing the first one about how RAID 5 was ...
- 187
0
votes
0
answers
15
views
Using mdadm to perform no-downtime backupd
I have a server running Ubuntu 23.10. It contains several RAID 1 arrays created using mdadm. One of these holds the virtual machine disk images of my web-servers. Currently, to backup these images, I ...
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
368
views
Is it possible to make a RAID of multiple WD elements external drives
I have about 10 2tb WD Elements 2.5 WD green external hard drives (WD20NMVW). I want to know if I could make something useful out of them.
The best would be to be able to use them for a data archive ...
0
votes
0
answers
145
views
Best way to use Windows' RAID 1 to have an hot backup
I'm looking for a way to direct Win10 Pro RAID system to direct the reads to the fast drive in the mirror
I'm on Windows 10 PRO and have regular (but not too frequent) backups of my system.
The system ...
- 241
1
vote
0
answers
790
views
How do I migrate system folder and app settings to new QNAP volume?
I currently have a RAID5 with ~12TB of capacity consisting of:
2 6TB disks
1 14TB disk (only uses 6TBs)
All WD Reds
QNAP T-651 (6 bays) - Firmware 5.0.1.2248 - 8GB Memory
The inconsistency in drive ...
- 481
1
vote
2
answers
5k
views
Can I create a RAID 1 array with a drive that already has data?
I am moving an IDE drive from a customer's old desktop into his new one. I want backup the old drive (drive 1) to a new drive (drive 2) before moving it to the new computer. Afterwards, I want to ...
- 121
-1
votes
2
answers
93
views
Questions about a multi setup RAID and NAS together?
So here's the idea:
I want to run a 8TB M.2 PCIE 4.0 3 disk setup on top then down bottom I am considering my options.
I am thinking about doing a NAS Setup with a RAID 1 Array together.
The total ...
0
votes
1
answer
581
views
UrBackup: How can i change the storage to a newly created Raid 1?
Recently
i created a NAS with OpenMediaVault (OMV 5.6.16-1 usul) with an old PC that i have here, my intention with this is to create an external backup for a Windows PC using UrBackup (2.1.20), i did ...
- 781
1
vote
0
answers
41
views
Does a mirroring RAID require same-size HDD?
I am trying to think of a Raspberry Pi RAID for file storage.
Reason: I have several HDDs each with some older backups, which doesn't really make sense. I am trying to consolidate the backups with a ...
0
votes
1
answer
659
views
Dell Poweredge Controller and ZFS
I've been looking at many different option for a home backup server. I'll going to be getting a dell poweredge r430. It contains a perc h730 mini. It has dated hardware, and I plan to pare it with ...
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
279
views
First time using ZFS or RAID: Data Backup
I've never used RAID before or ZFS for that matter, though I've always admired them. I've been using MX Linux for 2 years, so I'm still pretty fresh to deep Linux.
My idea is for a long-term backup of ...
- 101
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Can I partition a RAID 1 drive to replicate data that is now on multiple drives?
I am getting this Western Digital RAID 1 array (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B074R59TLB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1).
Currently I have data spread across three internal ...
- 23
2
votes
1
answer
782
views
High-available NFS service built with two shared-nothing storage nodes?
I have two servers with 6 identical 4TB disks each.
Now I'd like to setup a high-available NFS service using them.
The setup I'd have in mind:
Both servers have a mdadm RAID6 with LVM on top
=> ...
- 163
0
votes
0
answers
359
views
2-bay NAS - start with a single 8TB drive and get a second later?
Just ordered a Synology DS220+ NAS and a Seagate 8TB Ironwolf NAS drive to go inside.
I'm hoping to start with this and get a second drive later for Raid 1 (mirroring) or perhaps Synology Hybrid RAID.
...
- 1
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
RAID 1 mirror on Ubtunu 20.04 LTS
I have about 650GB of data files on a 1T Toshiba hard drive.
This drive used to be in a RAID 1 mirror with Intel Rapid Storage Technology.
Planning to convert this drive back into a non-RAID drive ...
