JBOD

[brookejp]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section..

just wants some advice and you guys on here a experts at it

got 3X 3tb HDD if i JBOD them can i still add a disk in the future for more space without loosing any of the data already on the JBOD share... also If i remove a disk from the jbod can l still access the data on the removed disk on its own using another windows computer or is the data only accessable while the disk is a part of jbod. Thanksi have looked this up on the internet but seeing a lot of conflicting advise.. I understand raid 5 would be the better option, but the data isn't that important so i would prefer storage space over data redundancy.. but i don;t really want to loose the data through a setup i should have researched first..

 

[brookejp]

Thanks rota. I managed to get hold of "qnap ts 869 pro" nas unit... at the moment i have the three disk in it and raided to jbod... at its sharing the jbod as a shared folder giving 9tb of space or thereabouts... i want to increase this at a future date when i can afford some more disks.. as there is 8bays available to use... what i don't want to happen is that if i wanted to ever remove 1 disk out of it thats been raided.. would i still be able to access the data i.e by just taking the removed disk out of the nas and putting it into say a caddy etc will windows see the drive an put a drive letter to it. Also would the jbod raid still function with the said disk removed from it... Some say yes and some say no... this is why i am getting confussed.. I may be best trying it out i.e adding and removing a disk from nas before i put data on it that i want.. and seeing what it does with it..

 

[brookejp]

Thanks Rota for your help, I have decided to raid 5 them... much appreciated