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F5-221/single disk/16TB
Posted: 06 Aug 2023, 17:16
by Membreya
Hi,
Looking at buying the F5-221, if I opt for 16tb drives in single disk configuration (just using the F5 as a NAS/plex server), do I need to initialise the disk first or can I put an existing drive in without losing data?
Re: F5-221/single disk/16TB
Posted: 06 Aug 2023, 17:50
by Gremlin
You will need to initialize the disk. The operating system is loaded on to the disk (system partition) as well as the boot/init partition and a swap partition. NAS is always set to boot from a hard drive. If one drive "goes missing" (assuming multiple drives eventually) the NAS should always boot to the current OS version.
Re: F5-221/single disk/16TB
Posted: 06 Aug 2023, 18:04
by Membreya
Ok Thankyou. So it doesn’t store the OS internally like a synology?
Re: F5-221/single disk/16TB
Posted: 06 Aug 2023, 18:33
by Gremlin
Actually, I'm not sure Synology does what you think. But, never used one. I found this just to get my bearings:
https://www.reddit.com/r/synology/comme ... oted_from/
This is essentially same way TNAS operates.
Synology do have pretty good documentation and I use it a lot to check out things for my TNAS. (Which I view, very much, as a synology clone)