February 14, 20224 yr I first NAS is a QNAP that currently using. I started building my UNRAID server and was waiting till I get it fully set up and comfortable with it before I switch over. QNAP Seagate EXOS 18tb- Data drive Western Digital Blue 1 TB- cache drive UNRAID Western Digital RED 8TB Western Digital RED 4TB Western Digital RED 4TB Western Digital RED 4TB What are my options for redundant storage when I put the seagate drive in UNRAID?
February 19, 20224 yr I'm unclear on what you are asking. Does this help? https://wiki.unraid.net/Parity#Parity_disk
February 19, 20224 yr On 2/14/2022 at 5:23 AM, Pstark said: I first NAS is a QNAP that currently using. I started building my UNRAID server and was waiting till I get it fully set up and comfortable with it before I switch over. QNAP Seagate EXOS 18tb- Data drive Western Digital Blue 1 TB- cache drive UNRAID Western Digital RED 8TB Western Digital RED 4TB Western Digital RED 4TB Western Digital RED 4TB What are my options for redundant storage when I put the seagate drive in UNRAID? The 18tb must be the parity drive if you want all 5 drives to be in the array. It is not very efficient but leaves you tons of room for growth (if the Seagate doesn't fail). If you are starting with 4+4+4 +8tb (must be the parity), then when you are ready to add the 18tb, swap that to be the Parity drive and it will re-build. The other option is to have an array with only 4+4+4 data and 8tb parity, keeping the 18tb as unassigned device (ZERO redundancy). I suggest you watch spaceinvader one videos on youtube - start with how the parity drive(s) work and things will clear up a bit. NOTE: I am also learning at the moment, about a month ahead of you.
February 22, 20224 yr Author On 2/18/2022 at 5:21 PM, OrdinaryButt said: The 18tb must be the parity drive if you want all 5 drives to be in the array. It is not very efficient but leaves you tons of room for growth (if the Seagate doesn't fail). If you are starting with 4+4+4 +8tb (must be the parity), then when you are ready to add the 18tb, swap that to be the Parity drive and it will re-build. The other option is to have an array with only 4+4+4 data and 8tb parity, keeping the 18tb as unassigned device (ZERO redundancy). I suggest you watch spaceinvader one videos on youtube - start with how the parity drive(s) work and things will clear up a bit. NOTE: I am also learning at the moment, about a month ahead of you. For the time being, I just want to use it as network drive, but how do I add a share to it? UD I thought made it possible but I can't mount the drive.
February 22, 20224 yr 42 minutes ago, Pstark said: For the time being, I just want to use it as network drive, but how do I add a share to it? UD I thought made it possible but I can't mount the drive. If I understand you correctly, you want to share a single drive that isn't part of the array: Go to Main tab Find your drive under "Unassigned devices" Click Mount next to it/it's volume Click on the triple gear icon on the right side Toggle Share on this page Hope that helps.
February 22, 20224 yr Author 3 hours ago, OrdinaryButt said: If I understand you correctly, you want to share a single drive that isn't part of the array: Go to Main tab Find your drive under "Unassigned devices" Click Mount next to it/it's volume Click on the triple gear icon on the right side Toggle Share on this page Hope that helps. I made it that far on my own. But when I add a share, the new drive isn't listed.
February 22, 20224 yr Author Update, I see it mounted the disk as a folder but it just wasn't visible in UNRAID. I moved on to other things and saw that a new root folder when I connect to the server.
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