If I buy this unit w/o HDD's, can I add a new HDD as one gets filled? I plan on running in spanning mode. Would I lose data by doing this?
68974
This unit is hot plugable so you can add additional drives without dropping power. Spanning your data just allows you to "grow" your single drive capacity. If you "lose" one drive you'd need to try and recover your data outside the EX4 unit, copy it to a new drive, then plug in your rebuilt drive.
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If running JBOD setup "spanning mode" you can add disks to a volume, any other RAID mode you cannot add drives to a volume without dataloss.(except drive replacement in Raids 1 or 5) I setup a RAID1 on two drives(want all my stuff backed up) then when to try and add two more disks(again equal sized) and grow the volume. this cannot be done. have to setup a second volume or copy your data off and change the raid. On a side note the USB ports can be used for a big USB drive, then setup a backup task on the nas to copy your files off when you want to grow a raid or change format. (took 24 hours to copy my 4TB of data off to a 6TB mybook drive.
68976
Allan gave you the right answer. If you want to add more space with the least amount of hastle then just use the USB 3 port.
68977
You have to add at least one drive in order for the unit to work. My unit is running on 4 drives of 2TB each for a total of 8TB. I run in raid 5 which allows all drives to be mirrors of each other. If one drive fails for any reason you can simply replace it with another drive and all of your data will automatically copy from one to the other. As a minimum you need three drives to run raid 5 but like I said, I'm running 4 drives. When you start up the unit it walks you through everything you want to do with it. It is very user friendly. Hope this helps.
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If running JBOD setup "spanning mode" you can add disks to a volume, any other RAID mode you cannot add drives to a volume without dataloss.(except drive replacement in Raids 1 or 5)I setup a RAID1 on two drives(want all my stuff backed up) then when to try and add two more disks(again equal sized) and grow the volume. this cannot be done. have to setup a second volume or copy your data off and change the raid.On a side note the USB ports can be used for a big USB drive, then setup a backup task on the nas to copy your files off when you want to grow a raid or change format. (took 24 hours to copy my 4TB of data off to a 6TB mybook drive. If running JBOD setup "spanning mode" you can add disks to a volume, any other RAID mode you cannot add drives to a volume without dataloss.(except drive replacement in Raids 1 or 5)I setup a RAID1 on two drives(want all my stuff backed up) then when to try and add two more disks(again equal sized) and grow the volume. this cannot be done. have to setup a second volume or copy your data off and change the raid.On a side note the USB ports can be used for a big USB drive, then setup a backup task on the nas to copy your files off when you want to grow a raid or change... » Read More If running JBOD setup "spanning mode" you can add disks to a volume, any other RAID mode you cannot add drives to a volume without dataloss.(except drive replacement in Raids 1 or 5)I setup a RAID1 on two drives(want all my stuff backed up) then when to try and add two more disks(again equal sized) and grow the volume. this cannot be done. have to setup a second volume or copy your data off and change the raid.On a side note the USB ports can be used for a big USB drive, then setup a backup task on the nas to copy your files off when you want to grow a raid or change format. (took 24 hours to copy my 4TB of data off to a 6TB mybook drive. « Show Less
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Yes. I installed one. There's a slot to add a second HDD but it would just put SSD in it.
95091
If you want a good "as is" system get this one, I am very happy with mine. No problems with it under constant use. However, if you want loads of out of the box expand-ability you may be disappointed. There is physical space for one additional hard drive, but without unplugging the USM port (as I did) there was no free SATA cable to support it. I would recommend buying a SATA expansion card. There are no free memory slots, to add additional memory (why? It's got plenty ) you would need to buy larger DIMMs and replace the existing ones. Hope this helps.
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I just installed it in my daughter's Toshiba laptop last night with the same series of laptop you mention. Just don't lose the screws when you take the other hard drive out. I am assuming that you will clone the original to it. Or load an OS with it. Either way my daughter is up and running all day just fine!
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I have not tried yet, I am not sure about it. I have got in touch with the technicians at USpeed for their answer. I might buy a 4Tb myself if it works.
1853216
Yes, I'm running the 8tb version and it has the full 8tb, but for some reason I think the device used the first drive closes to the power button first for storage in this setup, but yes it works!
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You can not actually add additional hard drive, but you could replace the original with new one has more capacity.I would suggest to use external hard drive.
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It offers both and hot spares. Yes, you can add HD's; I'm not sure about hot swap, I shut mine down before swapping one.
1932772
I removed the cover today on mine to replace the HDD with an SSD and add another mSATA. BE FOREWARNED: To remove the case you have to break a "Warranty Void" sticker. Once inside you will find *nothing* can be upgraded replaced without having to completely disassemble the system; I decided to not attempt it. I've been building/upgrading systems for 20 years and the internal design of this system was complex enough to scare me off. The only thing that appears to accessible is the HDD but I could figure out how it was mounted and wasn;tabout to tinker about and make a $2K paperweight :)
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The question is more of the interface than the OS. I was unable to use my unit as the SATA interface was incompatible. Check your hardware before your software.
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None. It is only a shell with 4 bays to instal whatever HDD you want. We recommend you use the same HDD manufacturer, model and size. We typically instal four (4) HDD's of 4TB each, for a total of 16TB HDD capacity. Go to www.qnap.com, click on the model and then choose Compatibility and they will list all compatible HDD's you can instal to make up the system.
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Others (per forum postings elsewhere) have replaced the 500mb standard drive upon purchase to avoid the hassles. You *can* un-mount the OS drive. Most users just probably *shouldn't* go through that. I just left it in there and added 2 1TB drives. Heck Seagate 1.5TB drives are now well under $200 each.Regardless, you can back up the server software (and backup the backup) via the external ports (4 USB/1 eSATA). I recommend doing so and backing up your backup and then taking that to an off-site location such as your work office, safety deposit box, friend's house, etc.
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Wouldn't you rather reinstall your programs and such onto the new drive and not copy everything over? I have had less issues starting from scratch than imaging it.Alienware should use standard sized drives unless everything is on a mSSD.
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Yes,but the plus is their discontinued model, so no updates anymore, if spending this much for it, I would buy the wd hub, next model up as it comes with a 1tb drive built in,and is still listed on their website as a current model, and this price on the plus is much more than it used to be when it was a current model !
240457
I am really sure but, you would probably lose 3-4 GB of data because of manufacture formatting, I would suggest go with 2TB.
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Although I don't own this particular drive, I am here as I am looking to buy this one also to add to my two other Seagate 500gb Freeagents that I already have that have been working flawlessly for me for over 12 months now. I honestly think that your experience was most likely caused by a faulty unit. Without knowing your computer configuration (windows, mac or linux) it's hard to say if any extra steps would need to be taken to set it up, but for a windows or linux based pc it should be simply plug and play in my experience. As you see on this site, there is only one bad review of the product. If you think about how many of these must get sold every year, one bad review is pretty good as almost everybody will take the time to complain, but very few will come back to write a positive review as a working product is what most people expect. So I guess the short answer from me is yes, I would give this drive a second chance, but then again, i may be biased by my great experience. I hope that this is of some help to you..
2025505
i dont know! but i wish to upgrade mine to 1tb if and when i open the shell! with 8 cameras i only get about 2wks of memory before it is recorded over! the whole unit vibrates mildly and stays warm! i wish someone could tell me how easy it is to put a new 1tb drive in it!!