What to do with smaller drives and thunderbays? - Hardware Compatibility https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:38:50 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: What to do with smaller drives and thunderbays? https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15532 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:40:11 +0000 @chobochobo 

What they do have is a "you can send us a drive" policy, and a "we can ship your data back to you on a drive" program, to help users with large amounts of data.

]]> Hardware Compatibility SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15532 RE: What to do with smaller drives and thunderbays? https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15531 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 14:27:45 +0000 Worth is difficult to pin down. I have been thinking about off site. I thought Backblaze included that but can't find it when I looked yesterday.

]]> Hardware Compatibility chobochobo https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15531 RE: What to do with smaller drives and thunderbays? https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15529 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 14:24:46 +0000 @chobochobo 

What is your data worth? there is no such thing as excessive backups.

You can even store the "excessive" off site, so you have another location and synch them up monthly or so.

]]> Hardware Compatibility SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15529 RE: What to do with smaller drives and thunderbays? https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15527 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 07:35:20 +0000 Yes, I already use CCC to back up my softraid volumes to other softraid volumes. I backblaze my 'vital' files. Would another layer of CCC , ie backup the backups, be excessive?

]]> Hardware Compatibility chobochobo https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15527 RE: What to do with smaller drives and thunderbays? https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15526 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 07:33:07 +0000 @chobochobo 

But as secondary backups, to back up certain folders, they would work great. You can set up Carbon Copy Cloner to back up that kind of set up pretty easily.

]]> Hardware Compatibility SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15526 RE: What to do with smaller drives and thunderbays? https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15524 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 04:04:27 +0000 I thought you'd say that. I'd have to span a volume across several enclosures if I was going to use Thunderbay 4's with 4TB drives to back up a Flex 8 populated with 12TB drives LOL

]]> Hardware Compatibility chobochobo https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15524 RE: What to do with smaller drives and thunderbays? https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15513 Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:01:17 +0000 Backups and more backups!

]]> Hardware Compatibility SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15513 What to do with smaller drives and thunderbays? https://forums.softraid.com/hardware-compatibility/what-to-do-with-smaller-drives-and-thunderbays/#post-15510 Sat, 16 Apr 2022 04:05:49 +0000 I've finally acquired a Flex 8, and also got a 6 bay Thunderbay from the auction site. This will rationalize/ simplify the number of enclosures that I have, whilst getting larger drives will also reduce the number of drives used. 

The flipside/ side effect is that I will have a number of Thunderbay 4 and small capacity drives from 2 to 4 that will be surplus to requirements. Is there anything useful that I can do with these please? This is less a support question, and more what other users might be able to suggest please.

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