The new parity drive is an Exos Enterprise NAS drive. Seagate has donated a pair of IronWolf Pros to our project but we’re reserving the second one for data, as we’ll be discussing in the next part of our story. Unlike the IronWolf Pros, the Exos comes with a caveat that Seagate might want this one back.ĪLTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME 18TB capacity as the data drive, this parity drive isn’t an IronWolf Pro. And, hardware allowing, that parity drive would also be able to watch over any further drive expansion.īut now let’s unwrap that new drive and discuss what’s going on. As we add two more drives to the system (the TS-451 maxes out at four drives in total), all three of those drives can be covered by that one parity drive. This single parity drive won’t just be ensuring the integrity of the one data drive we currently have running.
UNRAID PRO PRO
So we’re doubling the cost of storage just to make sure that a well-warrantied IronWolf Pro drive, a drive that Seagate promises to recover data from at no cost should it fail in the first three years of use, doesn’t let us down? Belt and braces, or what?Īlthough it’s perfectly possible to run an UnRAID NAS as “just a bunch of drives” (JBOD), UnRAID’s unique selling proposition is the additional integrity offered by the inclusion of a parity drive. The new drive is going to be a parity drive, only there to help maintain the integrity of the first drive, our data drive. Our 18TB UnRAID NAS will remain an 18TB UnRAID NAS. So, with a second 18TB drive we’re doubling the capacity, right? No. That Web interface, by the way, is a huge selling point for UnRAID. We’re about to turn that into an array of two devices. The very comprehensive, no-nonsense UnRAID Web interface that displays in my browser when I visit the NAS’s URL describes the current set-up as “an array of one device”. I t’s now time to add that second 18TB drive to the single drive UnRAID system now housed, cuckoo-wise, in the QNAP TS-451.
Over the next few months I didn't do a lot apart from start collecting parts for my build. They really are massively over engineered and offer a lot of scope if your prepared to get you hands dirty. Several months ago I bought an empty case to convert which you can see here. Being a Graphic Designer we are a slightly annually retentive bunch and we like things to match. Which is why I have decided to build my NAS in a G5 case as it will be sat next to it in my home office.
UNRAID PRO TV
We are a mac only household that consists of iPhones, iPads, MacBook Pros, Mac Pro, Mac mini and an Apple TV and a 27 Thunderbolt Display.
UNRAID PRO PC
I have never owned a PC let alone built one, but as all of my films are being ripped to ISO format I am rapidly running out of space (not to mention my Lossless music files). Welcome to my build thread for my first ever pc build which happens to be an UnRaid NAS in an Apple Mac G5 case.