RAID capability: Does anyone know if this machine has RAID capability?
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What you want to do is not supported, but there might be a solution out there if you understand how the drive extender technology works. There is a technical paper about the data structure on the Microsoft website. http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/f/c/2fc09c20-587f-4f16-aa33-c6c4c75fb3dd/Windows_Home_Server_Drive_Extender.pdf "Windows Home Server Drive Extender does nothing unique to the secondary data partitions or the files on them, which makes enables you to recover most of the lost data-even in worst-case scenarios. If the home server fails completely, all the surviving drives can be attached to a computer that is not even running Windows Home Server Drive Extender, and you can copy the files from the drives to that computer. Because the files retain their original names and paths (under the \DE directory), the files can be used with no specific recovery steps. Important Although this works as a disaster recovery method, moving a secondary hard drive between computers is not a recommended or supported use of Windows Home Server Drive Extender." Also, I found this on one of the webcasts: Q:If you are using "Folder Copy" and a drive fails - can you remove the working drive and plug it into a normal computer and read the files without any special software? A:The data from the File Shares is recorded onto the hard drives in standard formats, so you can pull data off the drives. That said, you really don't know which data is on which hard drive if you have more than one working drive. Q:i have about 500GB - 1TB of data that i will want to archive each year. i.e remove hard drives. But data will not be stored on any one drive. How would i achieve that? Manually copy files to externals? A:there is an add-in created that allows for a USB HDD to be added and accessed without adding it to the storage volume. That way you can easily move the data to that external USB HDD
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Absolutely. For the how-to setup go to pcworld/pcmag/cnet and read the test reviews. Several magazines talked about how to use this device in a non-RAID configuration.
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This is a single bay NAS, and only contain one HDD inside. So it didn't support RAID.
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I use it in RAID mode but I did the RAID using MAC OS X not the software they deliver. I didn't try that software.
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No, it uses a special kind of msata which has built in raid controller and also bios is locked to raid mode.
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This card supports RAID-0 and RAID-1 only setup. It does not support RAID-5
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Yes, the default is Synology Hybrid Raid (SHR) which is like RAID1 but more versatile.
1731447
Yes, you can use with a single drive or multiple drives. They do not have to be in a RAID configuration. That is optional.
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Nope, Linkstation Live does not support RAID. Linkstation Mini, Duo, Pro Duo and Quad support RAID.
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I am not using it in a raid setup but The card is raid compatible. Check the specs. I haven't had any problems.
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This is not a RAID controller. This is a SAS expander. It works in conjunction with a separate SAS controller card, like the IBM M1015.
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depend on yore RAID, can be done using JBOD if you use RAID0 to RAID5 every drive/s you add will have to be its own RAID
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yes. You would use disk utility in Mac OS. Thats how set mine up. Using RAID 0 and RAID 1.
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Either is possible, it has two drives in it and can be used as Raid 1 or you can use them as Raid 0. From recollection it comes preconfigured to be used as Raid 0 - taking more advantage of the the thunderbolt interface.
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I think you want a RAID array, that is a number of hard disks linked together with a total capacity approximately equal to all the drives summed up (depending on RAID type in use). The latter is not a recommended RAID configuration (if one drive fails, whole thing goes down) and can be complex to set up. Short answer: Maybe, but better not, just get a newer higher capacity hard drive for the same price or lower later on down the line :)
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No, it's a hardware RAID enclosure. The RAID mode is set via a pair of jumpers inside the unit and any file system is supported. The unit appears as a single disk to the OS once configured.
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Can you run RAID that way? Id like to install 2 2TB drives, for large capacity RAID.