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- Jan 24, 2012
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Hi all - nooby alert :)
Our need for a NAS is;
So the NAS is simply being used as a JBOD, no specific RAID needs required here - as far as i can tell for my needs
WRONG > At this stage it is only 4 x 1TB drives, I have 3 x 4TB drives and 1 x 5TB drive to be added once I know all else is set-up correctly.
EDIT Drives listed were wrong, should be;
Server
4 x 1TB
2 x 2TB
2 x 4TB
The iMac has
Built in;
1 x 512GB SSD
Attached Thunderbolt 3 enclosure;
1 x 1TB SSD
1 x 2TB
1 x 4TB
1 x 5TB
When I created the volumes the storage space show different values. I did look this up but did not make much sense to me of the explanations given (there may be others that describe it better that I have not yet found
I have setup shares using SMB (needed for both Windows and Apple computers) to both the main NAS drives but also specific folder in the NAS Drives
On the relevant PCs I link to the specific folder shares rather than the full NAS folder (maybe that is not needed?)
Am I doing this wrong?
Our need for a NAS is;
- Simple backup of networked computers
- Share files between computers
- Store non critical Software such as Apps, Fonts, Music etc
So the NAS is simply being used as a JBOD, no specific RAID needs required here - as far as i can tell for my needs
WRONG > At this stage it is only 4 x 1TB drives, I have 3 x 4TB drives and 1 x 5TB drive to be added once I know all else is set-up correctly.
EDIT Drives listed were wrong, should be;
Server
4 x 1TB
2 x 2TB
2 x 4TB
The iMac has
Built in;
1 x 512GB SSD
Attached Thunderbolt 3 enclosure;
1 x 1TB SSD
1 x 2TB
1 x 4TB
1 x 5TB
When I created the volumes the storage space show different values. I did look this up but did not make much sense to me of the explanations given (there may be others that describe it better that I have not yet found
![NAS-Volumes.png](http://gmwebfiles.com/data/g/forumposts/2018/NAS-Volumes.png)
![NAS-Space.png](http://gmwebfiles.com/data/g/forumposts/2018/NAS-Space.png)
I have setup shares using SMB (needed for both Windows and Apple computers) to both the main NAS drives but also specific folder in the NAS Drives
![NAS-Shares.png](http://gmwebfiles.com/data/g/forumposts/2018/NAS-Shares.png)
On the relevant PCs I link to the specific folder shares rather than the full NAS folder (maybe that is not needed?)
Am I doing this wrong?
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