RAID 1 on the 1-bay models is a special kind, called Q-RAID I beleive. I have never used it but this is how I think it works.samosan wrote:P3R:
Maybe you can help me with my (secondary) question, then? The one in regards to what will happen if I had set up a 2 drive RAID1 array, and 1 of those drives were to fail, would the secondary work or not? Would it allow me to put another drive in place of the failed drive? I'm concerned because of the fact a drive that should be an exact copy of the primary isn't readable if plugged in via USB.
When using Q-RAID the external disk is kept an exact copy of the internal. This is different from when using an external disks for backup, where only the user data is backed up and the disk partitioning is different, as I explained in my previous post.
If the external disk fails it should be possible to just exchange it for a new one. If the internal disk fails the external should be moved internally, and a new disk added externally. I hope that someone will correct me if I have misunderstood the Q-RAID-concept.