July 25, 20187 yr I am looking to build a Storage Solution for my data that is scattered all over external HDD. There are about 14 Drives containing 25TB of data. 1) I am looking at the Dell Rack Server R230, is Unraid compatible with the hardware? 2) Can I use Unraid without the Parity Drive? Since the R230 is a 4bay unit, I don't want to waste a Drive for parity, since I don't need it. I have the backup of all the data in my external drives. 3) I would be purchasing additional R230 Units for future expansions, Do I have to buy a separate license of unraid for each additional R230 unit?
July 25, 20187 yr Author Further, I would like to know, Do I have to clean a New HDD every time I add to the array, taking into account that I won't be using a Parity Drive. I am planning to add additional 6TB HDD to the array in future as and when required.
July 25, 20187 yr Community Expert 15 minutes ago, Vishesh Gupta said: 1) I am looking at the Dell Rack Server R230, is Unraid compatible with the hardware? Possibly but the SAS RAID controller it uses isn't recommended 15 minutes ago, Vishesh Gupta said: 2) Can I use Unraid without the Parity Drive? Yes 15 minutes ago, Vishesh Gupta said: Do I have to buy a separate license of unraid for each additional R230 unit? Unless one unit can use the other unit's disks you'll need one license for each 12 minutes ago, Vishesh Gupta said: Do I have to clean a New HDD every time I add to the array, taking into account that I won't be using a Parity Drive. Depends on what you mean by clean, it needs to be formatted by unRAID, so any data there will be deleted.
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