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2-12-2019 04:28:44 Mobile | Show all posts
Surely though JBOD combines the 2 drives to span across and make 1 larger drive doesn't it?
I think you're right though. I probably should just get a single bay NAS.
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2-12-2019 04:28:45 Mobile | Show all posts
Yes you can create two separate drives if you want (with QNAP you can anyway). There effectively two separate volumes but not sure why you would want this with a NAS.
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2-12-2019 04:28:46 Mobile | Show all posts
That's good to know thanks for that info I looked on the Synology website and from scanning through it I think you can only do this with 1 drive, although I may have misunderstood it !!

I don't want RAID0 as I'd like to have the full space of the 2 drives available to me for storage without increasing the possibility of failure by having them striped.

As I'd be backing up to an external drive off the back of it I can't see the point of RAID1 either. RAID1 doesn't interest me because it's not a proper backup (IMHO).
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2-12-2019 04:28:48 Mobile | Show all posts
another site which i've found pretty useful recently helps me save some time while finding and comparing NAS.

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2-12-2019 04:28:49 Mobile | Show all posts
I have a question based on this, great bit of information btw. Looking at getting this NAS system: Synology Network Attached Storage - DS211j Products Specifications

Although i may need to look for something cheaper but i'll get to that when i need to.

What i want to know is why should i not rely on RAID 1 for backups? I mean it creates a copy of the HDD so shouldn't that be enough? I don't need a crazy amount of storage so a 2 bay RAID 1 system should be fine for me.

Also what about getting everything to be wireless? Someone in another thread said i would need wires for HD content which i really don't like the idea of. I will be connecting threee laptops, one desktop and potentially 2 TVs with SkyHD on one.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
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2-12-2019 04:28:50 Mobile | Show all posts
RAID should never be seen as a backup which is why I can't see the point of it! If you accidentally delete a file or a folder on a RAID system then you've lost it completely as it will delete it from the raided drive as well.
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2-12-2019 04:28:50 Mobile | Show all posts
while i understand the point that a mirrored 2 disk NAS is not quite a true backup, it does give me a lot of peace of mind

i got a reduced price netgear stora, and bought an extra 1Tb disk as a mirror. Total cost was about £150. Despite some adverse reviews, I found the Stora totally silent, and very effective

previously i had lots of important files on a couple of PCs. I now check them off the stora, work on them, and check them back in.

yes, we could have a fire etc, but i think i would have other problems if that happened!
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2-12-2019 04:28:50 Mobile | Show all posts
Does anyone ever run an antivirus scan on their NAS drive? If so, are there any free ones which allow you to scan a network share?
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2-12-2019 04:28:51 Mobile | Show all posts
AVAST free scans network share folders. ( others probably also do the same)
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