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July 13th, 2020 05:00
R210 II - eSata external RAID enclosure
Hi there,
Is it possible to attach an external RAID enclosure to the R210 II's eSata port, so that it comes as a single drive to system? I cannot think of why not but Has anyone tried that before? I'm thinking of ordering Icy Box IB-RD3640SU3 (couldn't find anything else suitable in UK) for that purpose, but wanted to make sure it works (or tried before) rather ordering and returning if it doesn't. Just make it clear: I don't wanna use the disks separately in the enclosure, like when you use a RAID controller.
Is there any known limitation on the said eSata port? I'll be using 4x2TB drive in RAID-5 configuration on Ubuntu.
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July 13th, 2020 11:00
Hello SantanuDas,
Yes you can connect the Icy Box to the eSATA port.
The array will be configured with the Icy Box and present to your OS as a single volume.
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August 22nd, 2020 15:00
Just to confirm that the disk array is working absolutely fine: configured as RAID-5, connected through the onboard eSata and mounted from /etc/fstab - working seamlessly for a couple of weeks now.
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