Hi,
I have a general RAID question (the hardware happens to be a Thecus N16000PRO NAS 10gbe). I have experience of setting up RAIDs in windows using disk management. I’m used to setting the required RAID level and assigning disks to the array prior to creating volumes. My previous experience allowed me to format a volume and choose its capacity. I was then able to create further volumes in any remaining un-formatted space. To my knowledge each of these volumes would reside across all disks in the array.
My problem is this (and the manufacturer is over in the far east so language / communication is an issue), the Thecus has 16 Bays, which I intend to setup RAID 5, as a NAS for HD video editing. 16 x 2TB would give 32TB RAW, and I’m anticipating 24TB of usable space (RAID 5). Must I format all of this as 1 volume or is it possible (as per my previous experience) to format several Volumes e.g. 4 x 8TB, which reside across all 16 drives?
My requirement is not one of data integrity but rather bandwidth and read/write speeds. I’m hoping to avoid 1 x 24TB, whilst maintaining volumes that benefit from being spread across all 16 drives.
Does this make sense?
Thanks,
Owen
I have a general RAID question (the hardware happens to be a Thecus N16000PRO NAS 10gbe). I have experience of setting up RAIDs in windows using disk management. I’m used to setting the required RAID level and assigning disks to the array prior to creating volumes. My previous experience allowed me to format a volume and choose its capacity. I was then able to create further volumes in any remaining un-formatted space. To my knowledge each of these volumes would reside across all disks in the array.
My problem is this (and the manufacturer is over in the far east so language / communication is an issue), the Thecus has 16 Bays, which I intend to setup RAID 5, as a NAS for HD video editing. 16 x 2TB would give 32TB RAW, and I’m anticipating 24TB of usable space (RAID 5). Must I format all of this as 1 volume or is it possible (as per my previous experience) to format several Volumes e.g. 4 x 8TB, which reside across all 16 drives?
My requirement is not one of data integrity but rather bandwidth and read/write speeds. I’m hoping to avoid 1 x 24TB, whilst maintaining volumes that benefit from being spread across all 16 drives.
Does this make sense?
Thanks,
Owen
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