Hot Swappable Raid?

[Bgordy2013]

Hello,

I just got a NAS for all my media files. What I want to do is have two 1TB drives in it in some sort of raid 1 so that they are identical. But I want to be able to pull a drive out and put it in a USB enclosure to take my media with me. Anyone know if this is possible? I do not intend to edit any of the files on the drive that has been removed.

 

[ronintexas]

RAID1 only works with two drives in tandum. If you are wanting to take your media files with you - I would suggest utilizing two drives as single drives and using SynchBack Free to synch the data (it will only update files that have been modified after the initial synch).

 

[FireWire2]

RAID1 only works with two drives in tandum....

That is incorrect! RAID1 is a mirror raid. It's not RAID0 or SPAN/BIG. RAID1 supports HOT SWAP and should be working by itself

The issue here is: your windows would not able to read, because it may format under ext2/3/4. Unless 3rd party utility is used. Like this:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/
Then you can read the HDD

 

[Bgordy2013]

it will only update files that have been modified after the initial synch

Can I set it to live update? What I mean is when a new file hits the system it is transfered right away rather than nightly backups?

 

[ronintexas]

Yes - it works in two modes - synch (live transfers) and nightly transfers.

 

[Bgordy2013]

Is that available for ReadyNas OS? It is made by netgear and is the OS for all their products.

 

[ronintexas]

SyncBack Free will work on Windows boxes only - but you can "push or pull" the files, meaning you can "push" them to a NAS from a local PC, or run them on a local PC to pull the files to a local hard drive. You can even pull the files from "PC-A" on "PC-B" and store the files on the NAS.

http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html