Quote from: XEntityHas anyone played with the raid on this? I know there used to be problems?

Considering just mirroring drives just for a bit of data security, maybe raid 5 even?

If its important data I wouldnt as its software raid and well its always a bit iffy. If it was just for storage of random shiznit then yeah Id give it a go.

Quote from: M3ta7h3adIf its important data I wouldnt as its software raid and well its always a bit iffy. If it was just for storage of random shiznit then yeah Id give it a go.

Its probably not going to be important, but obviously if I am likely to have issues it would be a bit counter productive   -)

Whats the worst that could happen if I was mirroring? Would it be the case that one drives data may get corrupt with s/w raid? Or potentially could I lose the whole lot?

And if say for example one HD goes down due to a hardware fault, there shouldnt be any issues accessing the data on the other drive?

does free nas support software raid ?

i use naslite... and i know it doesnt.....

Quote from: knightydoes free nas support software raid ?

i use naslite... and i know it doesnt.....

Yes freenas does.

Well potentially you could lose the lot, but whats more likely to happen is that one drive will get pooched and youll have to rebuild your array with a fresh drive or just format and rebuild the pooched drive.

Knighty:

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ahhh....  before I installed naslite I looked at freenas.... there was a feature that I wanted that it didnt support.... but I cant remember what it was now.... maybe theyve upgdated and added it since then