This is just the RAID, correct? It does not include any hard drives?
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The T3 RAID comes with hard drives. This model in particular comes with 3 x 2TB hard drives.
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This model comes with 3 x 2TB drives for a total of 6TB. There are also 9TB and 12TB models available.
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RAID is a method of grouping 2 or more disks to function as one. There are different types of RAID that serve different purposes. More info can be found here: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/08/raid-levels-tutorial/No, this does not provide RAID functionality. You need a RAID controller card or a motherboard that was this built in. This simply provides an easy means of allowing you to swap hard drives in and out of the computer...usually for use in RAID setups since most support "hot" swapping.This only fits 2.5" drives.
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I do not know the direct answer to your question.If RAID is of no importance to you, why not simply buy an external drive for supplemental storage or for backup?I use RAID for its data redundancy.If that is of no importance, why bother with a RAID enabled device?Cheaper and high quality alternatives exist.
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Technically, I doubt it. If you treat it as a series of JBOD disks, maybe, but anything with RAID will require the unit reformat all drives. In general, I don't recommend the unit -- it's slow, it's finicky, etc.
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that's not true, note I had to update the firmware to get that option of Non RAID. But i cant remember if it was the firmware vision it came with or not. But the firmware was available on the product site
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Yeah, I fell for it, too. I thought I was getting 2x 4TB drives -- and it is TB, btw...not gb (which is 1000x less). I found it's only 2x 2TB drives. I believe you can change the Raid to 0, though...which will stripe data across both of them and you'll get nearly 4TB of storage. The only downside to this is if one fails, you lose the data on both. Make it more fun then...and add a 2nd one to the network and have them back each other up =)
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"Drive Only" is a bare hard drive. A "resellers kit" contains the drive, SATA cable, etc.
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Yes either raid 0 or raid 1 is possible. I would not recommend this product though.
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Quick note. I bought one new from amazon and it did not come preconfigured RAID 5. I had to select it from the interface. I'm glad I checked before migrating my files to the drive. Other than that, it's been great.
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No. You can use the built in "software RAID" that windows 7/2008 etc provide. But the card itself doesn't contain RAID. It's strictly a card for adding SATA ports. So, if your motherboard supports RAID, there isn't a reason for this card unless you just need additional SATA ports, or if you need a card that provides faster SATA connections than what your motherboard supports.
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I'm not running it in raid so I can't answer that question, but it is a good hard drive.
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You can configure it as JBOD (just a bunch of drives) and consolidate your various drives. If you configure as RAID, you'll need to replace bad drives with exactly the same size and possibly type of drive
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Since it only has one unicorn disc, you can't configure it to RAID. You would need another separate, physical disc to have a "RAID" setup.
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This is diskless - just be sure to get HD's that are made for NAS (Seegate ST4000VN000, WD WD40EFRX, etc) do not use energy savers or spin down disks, it will cause havoc on your RAID integrity. So plz do read what drives are supported and are recommended. I put the ST4000VN000, in all of my devices, works great.
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From the description, this system offers only raid 0. Therefore, the 4TB version gives you 4TB of storage.
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Hello James, i haven't opened the box as yet but it doesn't say on the box whether or not it has a hard drive. I don't think it has one though.
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No. All existing data is lost and the drives are reformatted in creating the RAID.