supacoopa
Standard Member
Hello everyone.
I'm about to purchase a Zyxel NAS542 and have the following questions, for those in the know.
1. Is it possible to configure the device to allow indepedent access to each of the four disks?
I believe this is called a "Basic" or "Standard" array and is different to JBOD in that storage space is not unified across disks, but split in relative volumes.
So does NAS542 allow this setup, so that each disk would be a different volume and can therefore be taken out of the NAS, without affecting the rest of the array?
2. Is it possible to expand a "Basic" or JBOD array, by adding new hard disk(s) without the need to format existing disks?
In other words I want to start with one or two disks, fill them with content and then at a later date add one or two more new disks without losing existing data on the previous disks.
I have searched for answers on the downloadable manual but couldn't find any, so any help is greatly appreciated!
I'm about to purchase a Zyxel NAS542 and have the following questions, for those in the know.
1. Is it possible to configure the device to allow indepedent access to each of the four disks?
I believe this is called a "Basic" or "Standard" array and is different to JBOD in that storage space is not unified across disks, but split in relative volumes.
So does NAS542 allow this setup, so that each disk would be a different volume and can therefore be taken out of the NAS, without affecting the rest of the array?
2. Is it possible to expand a "Basic" or JBOD array, by adding new hard disk(s) without the need to format existing disks?
In other words I want to start with one or two disks, fill them with content and then at a later date add one or two more new disks without losing existing data on the previous disks.
I have searched for answers on the downloadable manual but couldn't find any, so any help is greatly appreciated!
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