External enclosures: NAS or RAID
Background: I'm moving from a MacPro workstation that has 4 internal drives. These are independent and I use Carbon Clone backup software. So...Drive 1: Mac OS, Drive 2: Mac OS Backup, Drive 3: my files, Drive 4: Back up of Drive 3. And yes, a large partitioned external for offsite backup. 3...2...1 plan.
I'm moving to a Macbook Pro 16" M1 Max with a 2TB SSD. I need an enclosure to mimic what I'm already doing (4 separate HDs).
I bought the Mediasonic 4 bay RAID enclosure last week and thinking I made an error since I can't run the drives independently. I could - if need be - run a RAID 1 so that drives 1&2 are mirrored, 3&4 are mirrored.
But I would prefer to keep them separate and continue using Carbon Clone. I’m not a fan of mirrored drives since - if you make a mistake with files that mistake is instantly copied.
I’m a photographer who works with tech daily and could use advise on this particular quandary.
Thanks.
Matt Lit
mattlitphoto
Answers
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Greetings. Which model of Mediasonic bay do you have currently?
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mediasonic Proraid: USB 3.0 RAID 4-bay raid enclosure
hfr2-su3s2
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I'm not too well versed on this myself personally, perhaps another member here will have some insight for you.
If you'd like, I can set up a request to send your information over to your nearest store to have a sales associate get in contact with you with more information on recommendations.
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Yes. Please ask Denver rep to contact me.
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Really pretty tweaked about trying to ask a simple question. Calling the Denver store tells me to go online and hangs up on me. Expected more from Micro Center.
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Hello, I'll send you an email so we can collect your contact information to send over. Thank you.
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Discontinue this thread. Item returned. Never should have been this difficult to speak with someone at Microcenter.
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