Adding HDDs one at a time

[Dublin579]

Hi guys,

I have just bought the Valkrie Dual Bay NAS and have a quick question re: adding hard drives.

I plan on initially using 1 2tb HDD in the device and then later adding another 2tb hdd (don't need backup capability, need 4tb of space eventually)

My question is if I have lots of data on the 1st HDD and I eventually go to add another - do I have to reformat both drives or can I simply add the second drive without losing the data on the first?

Many thanks in advance

[Patriot_Ben]

Unfortunately in a Raid 0 you cannot. The drives would have to be formatted together initially. You can do this but only under Raid 1.

[Dublin579]

Thanks Ben. And does the same apply for jbod?

Also, what HDDs would people recommend? The person I bought the unit from told me to steer clear of WD's green series as he couldn't get them working with it.

I'm looking at these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0042SGDVG?ie=UTF8&tag=nineteen-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B0042SGDVG

Cheers

[Patriot_Ben]

For jbod (or anything not Raid 1) it should be okay however you won't see them as one unified array, it would be as a seperate drive.

As far as recommended HDD's have you checked out our Qualified Vendors thread?
http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4899

[Sandfly]

Hi guys,
I have an additional qustion re the concept of adding extra drives. I too have Valkyrie dual bay NAS and want to do the same thing, i.e. add another drive under JBOD. I note the comment that says that if this is done the second drive can only be recognised as a separate drive.

My first drive contains a whole bunch of recorded media/movie files which are all in a Public folder so that I can get to them from remote video players attached to TV's around my house.

I did it this way because the media players aren't clever enough to be able to log onto the Valkyrie with a password (they can't retain the password), so my question is: Is there any way to set up a 'public' folder on the new drive so that my remote players can see it and therefopre play stuff from it?

Thanks in advance for any help.