I',m using Unitiserver and NAS (Bufdfalo Pro dou 4 TB including two disk's 2x2 TB total 4 TB. Now running raid1, and just experienced a NAS auto reboot followed by a resync operation in the mid of my prime time for replay, makes me thinking:
=> I can accept missing one days rip-data as I have the cd as backup, so should I go for Raid1 or normal setup, using one disk for ripping and then make a backup during night time to the second disk in the NAS ??
Posted on: 29 March 2011 by Phil Harris
Hmmm ... I'd be questioning why the NAS rebooted automatically and resolving that as otherwise it'll keep doing it!
Basically your NAS *SHOULD NOT* reboot automatically and the fact that it needed to do a resync after it did would lead me to think that it wasn't a clean "shutdown and restart" but was in fact either a power glitch that caused the unit to effectively "die" or a NAS crash - neither of which I'd be happy with not getting to the bottom of...
Cheers
Phil
Posted on: 31 March 2011 by GerryMcg
Phil is right, but with regard to your point on back up, the Raid 1 is not foolproof. I also have a NAS with 2x2 TB but have added a separate 2TB external hard drive which I back up incrementally from my NAS. Quite easy to do on my Readynas Duo, as I only need to push a button on the NAS for this to commence.
When not in use I switch off the external hard drive as a further precaution.
Gerry
Posted on: 31 March 2011 by Mike R
Totally agree with Gerry, RAID drives, even Level 5 with redundant spares won't prevent you accidentally deleting files off the NAS.
A 2Tb USB drive will cost under £100 and you have to ask how much is your time worth to re-rip 300 plus CDs again?
Again, the NAS should not do a resync unless you've specifically asked it to do one on next restart. I'd check on the Buffalo site for the latest firmware (after a backup) http://www.buffalo-technology.com/support/downloads/
Mike
Posted on: 31 March 2011 by kiba
Thx for replies, The NAS was faulty and I have now return it. Having that many problems with the NAS I have decided to order a Synology 211+ and 2X2TB WD RE4-GP Enterprise, hope this is more effective.
