Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/27

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Subject: [Leica] ReadyNAS Questions.....
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:12:45 +1300
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> -----Original Message-----
> My problem with ReadyNAS is the filesystem. If you're paranoid (and if
> you're not, why bother with RAID), then it is a little uneasy knowing
> that the disks are formatted in a proprietary way. 

I have a second NV+ in a different location that has an rsync connection as
a push from the first, if original server dies then nothing will be pushed.
I also copy it to a local single disk as another backup ;-)

> John can correct me here, because he sounds like he knows more about
> this than I do, but mirroring disks will give you good protection
> against disk failure. With a striped set-up, you get quicker access to
> your data. 

Technically RAID 5 is slower to write but quicker to read than RAID 1 (and
the more disks in an R5 the quicker it gets), however I doubt you will see
this in a single user environment ;-)

john




In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] ReadyNAS Questions.....)
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Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] ReadyNAS Questions.....)
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