4-disk SATA2 ReadyNAS NV, awesome storage/backup box.
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Griff
March 26, 2009, 7:05am
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do the drives have to be balanced in size, or can you mix and match?
It’s a NAS that utilizes “XRAID” (expandable RAID 0, 1, or 5) not a Drobo, you could put in mis-matched sizes but because its a RAID device not JBOD you’ll only get to use as much as the smallest drive’s capacity per (so less than idea).
From their site:
http://www.readynas.com/forum/faq.php#What_is_the_volume_capacity_when_installing_disks_of_different_sizes%3F
Volume capacity will be limited by the smallest disk. For example, if you are installing one 250GB drive and three 750GB drives, your data volume capacity will be limited to 250GB on each of the four disks. In Flex-RAID mode, you can utilize the leftover space on the 3 750GB disks by creating another data volume (3 x 500GB). With X-RAID, if you replace the single 250GB disk with a 750GB disk, your capacity will automatically expand, utilizing all 750 GB from each of the 4 disks.
http://www.readynas.com/forum/faq.php#Does_ReadyNAS_support_JBOD_or_some_sort_of_non-RAID_setup%3F
Hope that clarifies?