Hi,
I’m running a M1 Mac mini and have some data on external USB drives (currently as exFAT). I keep my data on a primary drive with a second drive that duplicates it.
At this point, a hardware RAID setup isn’t doable. I keep the data current on the 2nd drive using file sync software.
I’ve known that MacOS supports RAID for awhile but only recently learned that it can support software RAID using USB drives. I’m only looking for a simple mirror setup (I think that would be RAID 1). I’ve been reading & can’t tell if it’s a benefit or not to setup RAID as opinions seem split. I’d love to hear thoughts on stability, use, swapping drives/rebuilding if/when there are issues down the road, and any other things that might be of concern or benefit vs just continuing as I have with file sync. Any info & advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
I’m running a M1 Mac mini and have some data on external USB drives (currently as exFAT). I keep my data on a primary drive with a second drive that duplicates it.
At this point, a hardware RAID setup isn’t doable. I keep the data current on the 2nd drive using file sync software.
I’ve known that MacOS supports RAID for awhile but only recently learned that it can support software RAID using USB drives. I’m only looking for a simple mirror setup (I think that would be RAID 1). I’ve been reading & can’t tell if it’s a benefit or not to setup RAID as opinions seem split. I’d love to hear thoughts on stability, use, swapping drives/rebuilding if/when there are issues down the road, and any other things that might be of concern or benefit vs just continuing as I have with file sync. Any info & advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!