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#1 2010-03-24 00:10:41

woutersa
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Registered: 2007-05-22
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Mixed config: RAID-1 and JBOD

Hi All,

I'm making a Backup of my data on my DNS-323 since I'm planning to upgrade my firmware to 1.08 (by the way, this takes ages... how do you guys copy 300+ Gigs of data as fast as possible). Because of the Back-up, I consider to change my disk configuration. I now have 2x 320GB in RAID-1 (a single Volume). I actually only care about my photo's, all other files are less important for me. Therefore I consider to put 100Gb in RAID-1 and the rest in JBOD. I guess this is possible?

What I'm wondering now is what happens if one drive fails and needs to be replaced. For example, i replace one 320Gb disk by a 1Tb disk. Is the RAID-1 100Gb volume restored on the new disk and the other 900Gb added to the JBOD volume automically?

Thanks,
Anton

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#2 2010-03-24 01:03:07

fordem
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Registered: 2007-01-26
Posts: 1938

Re: Mixed config: RAID-1 and JBOD

It is possible - however - when a drive fails there is no way to recover the JBOD partition without a reformat, so NO the 900GB will just disappear.

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#3 2010-03-24 15:05:14

woutersa
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Registered: 2007-05-22
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Re: Mixed config: RAID-1 and JBOD

I don't care about the JBOD part. That may get lost. As long as the RAID-1 Volume rebuilds, even if the new disk has another size.

So i guess it's safe to go for this set-up.

Thanks!

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#4 2010-04-27 17:42:13

pongnguy
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Registered: 2010-04-27
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Re: Mixed config: RAID-1 and JBOD

I had a mixed config as well.  I started out with Raid 1 with the hard drives the same size, then upgraded one of the hard drives.  It automatically converted my config to Raid 1 + JBOD (for the rest of the space on the larger drive).  I then upgraded the second drive (so now they are both the same size, but bigger), and it threw away the JBOD portion.  My system is syncing now, so I have to wait and see if I get a Raid 1 that is the size of the larger drives.

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#5 2010-04-27 20:55:58

fordem
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Re: Mixed config: RAID-1 and JBOD

pongnguy wrote:

I had a mixed config as well.  I started out with Raid 1 with the hard drives the same size, then upgraded one of the hard drives.  It automatically converted my config to Raid 1 + JBOD (for the rest of the space on the larger drive).  I then upgraded the second drive (so now they are both the same size, but bigger), and it threw away the JBOD portion.  My system is syncing now, so I have to wait and see if I get a Raid 1 that is the size of the larger drives.

As far as I know, you don't.

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