- Jan 11, 2016
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So I am planning on getting WD My Book Duo 4TB and it is basically an enclosure that comes with two 2 TB internal hard drives and according to Western Digital they come configured in RAID 0 but with an option for RAID 1 and JBOD.
So after some research I noticed that JBOD seems to have two meanings that contradict each other, one is that JBOD will see all its physical drives as a single drive, so using my product as an example, my computer would see it as a 4 TB drive, but the other meaning is that JBOD, unlike RAID configurations, are seen as separate drives so instead of my computer seeing it as a 4 TB drive, it will see it as two 2 TB drives. So I'm just wondering as to what's going on here.
My Book Duo will contain two physical drives, and for the first drive I would like to store my videos on it, and for the second drive I would like to use it as a back up for the videos on my first drive. I know having it in RAID 1 will do just that, however, I'm also worried about corrupted files, accidental deletes, and viruses so I would like to have my back-up drive update every night to give me a chance to fix any data problems as apposed to having a complete mirror which wouldn't allow me to do such a thing.
So I guess my other question is: How do I make sure my JBOD is configured as two separate physical drives
So after some research I noticed that JBOD seems to have two meanings that contradict each other, one is that JBOD will see all its physical drives as a single drive, so using my product as an example, my computer would see it as a 4 TB drive, but the other meaning is that JBOD, unlike RAID configurations, are seen as separate drives so instead of my computer seeing it as a 4 TB drive, it will see it as two 2 TB drives. So I'm just wondering as to what's going on here.
My Book Duo will contain two physical drives, and for the first drive I would like to store my videos on it, and for the second drive I would like to use it as a back up for the videos on my first drive. I know having it in RAID 1 will do just that, however, I'm also worried about corrupted files, accidental deletes, and viruses so I would like to have my back-up drive update every night to give me a chance to fix any data problems as apposed to having a complete mirror which wouldn't allow me to do such a thing.
So I guess my other question is: How do I make sure my JBOD is configured as two separate physical drives
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