ReadyNAS Duo v2

[gobble]

Hi guys,

Just bought a ReadyNAS Duo v2, found it quite cheap and for the price it seems to be the best NAS. Did a fair bit of reading about found myseld on the forum and thought I'd ask some questions to the experts.

I'm basically going to be using it to get rid of my desktop machine as it only serves as a machine to host my movies/music. So I will just be setting my NAS into Raid 0 (I have backups of my important info already) and loading it up.

The questions I have are:

I've bought it currently without any drives and just have 2 drives I'm going to put in and hope they work with it for now till I can afford to buy some bigger drives. Should I only buy drives from the compatibility list or am I risking getting something that isn't?

I read somewhere that the 3TB drives = slow transfer speeds. Is this true and would it have any effect on my setup for streaming 1080p/24 films to a Media Centre?

After looking at the compatability list, how important is the RVS?

Is there a recommended drive? (It must be 2tb or above)

Thanks in advance for your help.

[mdgm]

Hi guys

Welcome

I'm basically going to be using it to get rid of my desktop machine as it only serves as a machine to host my movies/music. So I will just be setting my NAS into Raid 0 (I have backups of my important info already) and loading it up.

I'd suggest you choose the JBOD option. With RAID-0 if one disk fails all data on RAID-0 volumes utilising that disk are lost. With a separate RAID-0 volume for each disk if a disk fails only the data on that disk is lost.

I've bought it currently without any drives and just have 2 drives I'm going to put in and hope they work with it for now till I can afford to buy some bigger drives. Should I only buy drives from the compatibility list or am I risking getting something that isn't?

Stick to the compatibility list. Also please make sure you have the v2. There's a guide to telling the v1 and v2 apart here: How to tell whether I have a Duo v1 or Duo v2 or NV+ v1 or NV+ v2

I read somewhere that the 3TB drives = slow transfer speeds. Is this true and would it have any effect on my setup for streaming 1080p/24 films to a Media Centre?

Speeds shouldn't be slow for 3TB drives.

After looking at the compatability list, how important is the RVS?

Not very important at all in a 2-bay NAS.

[gobble]

Thanks for such a quick respone mdgm.

I will check the drive when I get it to make sure it's the v2, but that's what I've paid for from the website, so I wouldn't expect any less.

The JBOD option makes complete sence, so I will make sure I set it up that way when I get it.

Now I will just take a look at the list and work out the best drives I can get in my budget and update the thread again once I've got going