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Duo station model TS-WX2.OTL/R1 drive removal

Started by rcollins, March 16, 2010, 01:15:54 PM

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rcollins

March 16, 2010, 01:15:54 PM
   

Can anyone tell me if this unit can be used as a backup device running raid 1 where you can remove and replace 1 drive daily for storage off-site? The drive would be replaced by an employee daily and not a technician. Thanks 

rinthos

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March 16, 2010, 09:49:28 PM
   

So....

You COULD do this..but how do you plan on reading the drive?

You'll need a unix/linux system (recent 2.6 kernel) and depending on filesystem versioning, you may not be happy with the results etc.

Also, the spare-out time when you swap a bad drive will CRIPPLE the performance of the device for several hours...

 

A more practical solution would be configure the system to Backup to a USB-attached drive.  You can use FAT32 (works on Windows natively as well as Unix/Linux/Mac) OR EXT3, and then use an application like UFS explorer to browse the usb drive on your system.  Then just rotate through USB-drives.

 

The only caution is that USB drive backup (at least for my tests) reaches speeds of only 7-10 MegaBytes/second so be very patient, or get a faster device.

 

Hope this helps.

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