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ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide
entire system for abnormal situations or part failures and
What Are the Benefits of X-RAID and X-RAID2?
Shipping in volume since 2004,
X-RAID Is Expandable RAID
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, which is a way of protecting your data in case of a disk failure. The X in
X-RAID Simplifies Redundancy
To maintain redundancy from disk failure,
No Redundancy with a Single Disk but Easy to Add Disks with
Even with RAID, there is no data redundancy with one disk; if that disk fails, your data is lost. If you have a
Whenever you add or replace a disk, the ReadyNAS will initialize it, scanning to make sure the disk is good. Once added, your 2nd disk will synch with the 1st disk. Depending on the disk size, the synch may take anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours. The sync occurs in the background so you can still keep on working with the ReadyNAS during this time.
After the sync completes, your data volume is now redundant, meaning if one of the disks fails, the other disk still contains the data, and thus your data is now fully protected from a disk failure.
Getting Acquainted |