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Post by draikore on Jul 30, 2008 5:23:16 GMT 7
Hello everyone,
I am looking into purchasing the Thecus N5200BR Pro, and use the RAID 6 configuration to store my data. Does anyone have any pro's and con's for Thecus as a brand, and for the model itself?
What kind of issues have you been running into. My main concern it reliability. I am paranoid about losing my data, so I want to make sure I am getting something that will last me long term.
Also, does anyone know, if for example the Thecus Chassis fails, but the drives are still ok, can I just place the drives into a different Chassis, maybe even a different brand, and it will be able to read everything from the drives?
I've heard of people mentioning that data gets corrupt, did this happen to anyone here? Is there a way to avoid it?
Any information is greatly appreciated to make my decision of purchasing this unit easier.
Thank You,
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Post by zarnsmith on Jul 30, 2008 15:27:50 GMT 7
As a personal opinion I would not bother with RAID 6. If you have a fire or theft then your data is lost.
If you are that paranoid about data I would suggest 2 x boxes in RAID 5 in different buildings. One replicating to the other. I would recommend tape backup but for a home enthusiast it is still just too expensive.
Generally speaking once a 5200 is up and running (and you don't mess with it) it will stay working until there is a hardware failure. Anything that is even marginally risky (like a raid migration or expansion) should only be done with a complete backup. I go back to my don't mess with it statement.
Be careful about your choice of hard disks. Some seem to work better than others. I have used Hitachi's and have had no problems.
I hope that helps.
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Post by edgar on Jul 30, 2008 20:23:56 GMT 7
Hi, If I agree with zarnsmith about fire and thieves, I thing your worst enemy is sitting in the NAS box : the hard-drive. I often have my sata drives failing (one or two every year). That's mainly why I've chosen to use RAID 6 (and I even have an additional backup of some critical files to another NAS...). RAID 5 is good but if one drive fails there must be some reason for that. Hence, Murphy's law says if RAID 5 can break, it WILL break ! . I always have 1 spare drive (per NAS) clean and waiting in case of failure. It can also be useful as backup media before starting a RAID recovery (this can take days) with an other one. Do not forget the meaning of 'ID' in 'raID' : "Inexpensive Drives". Ed
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Post by draikore on Aug 1, 2008 23:28:21 GMT 7
Thank you for your replys. With my luck, I should set it up as RAID 6.
In terms of the Thecus brand itself, is the box pretty stable, any data corruption, random things happening to it?
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Post by zarnsmith on Aug 2, 2008 7:49:45 GMT 7
So far so good. For performing its primary function it seems as solid as a rock.
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