chunte
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Dear all,
My QNAP TS-451+ suffered from the well documented Intel Celeron chip failure. My little DIY during these MCO times with lack of proper equipment had led to the board shorting between the power-rails.
Long story short, my days with using RAID NAS are over. Going forward, I would like to extract my files from the 4 HDDs to other storage options (e.g. multiple USB HDDs, etc)
My QNAP NAS was setup a years ago, and left it without any trouble. Now I can't remember the RAID setup with the 4 drives. Might have been
- 3-hdd RAID 5, last disc not used
- 3-hdd RAID 5, last disc a JBOD
- 3-hdd RAID 5, with 1 HDD as a hot-spare
- 4-hdd Raid 5
- etc...
I have learnt the hard way
relying on the RAID NAS as a backup solution, so would appreciate skipping related comments to this.
Here are my thoughts:
1) I am thinking I need to have a PC that can take 4 HDDs, but don't know what to do software wise.
2) Can FreeNAS access a QNAP RAID?
Whatever it is, I rather avoid getting another TS-451+ just to extract my files.
I am very open to suggestions on what to do.
Warm regards,
CT
My QNAP TS-451+ suffered from the well documented Intel Celeron chip failure. My little DIY during these MCO times with lack of proper equipment had led to the board shorting between the power-rails.
Long story short, my days with using RAID NAS are over. Going forward, I would like to extract my files from the 4 HDDs to other storage options (e.g. multiple USB HDDs, etc)
My QNAP NAS was setup a years ago, and left it without any trouble. Now I can't remember the RAID setup with the 4 drives. Might have been
- 3-hdd RAID 5, last disc not used
- 3-hdd RAID 5, last disc a JBOD
- 3-hdd RAID 5, with 1 HDD as a hot-spare
- 4-hdd Raid 5
- etc...
I have learnt the hard way
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Here are my thoughts:
1) I am thinking I need to have a PC that can take 4 HDDs, but don't know what to do software wise.
2) Can FreeNAS access a QNAP RAID?
Whatever it is, I rather avoid getting another TS-451+ just to extract my files.
I am very open to suggestions on what to do.
Warm regards,
CT