How do you use SnapRAID?

To use SnapRAID you need to first select one disk of your disk array to dedicate at the “parity” information. With one disk for parity you will be able to recover from a single disk failure, like RAID5. If you want to be able to recover from more disk failures, like RAID6, you must reserve additional disks for parity.

How do you fix bit rot?

Bit rot protection means that if there any corrupted bits, they will be corrected during the process of reading the hard drive or scrubbing the file system as long as you have two or more drives in the raid.

Should I use Unraid or FreeNAS?

Our take is that FreeNAS is the better solution for those seeking traditional RAID with a tried and true volume manager/file system, while UnRAID is better if you’re seeking maximum capacity for non-critical data sets.

What is snapraid?

SnapRAID is a backup program for disk arrays. It stores parity information of your data and it recovers from up to six disk failures. SnapRAID is mainly targeted for a home media center, with a lot of big files that rarely change. Beside the ability to recover from disk failures, other features of SnapRAID are:

What does the-e option do in snapraid?

The “-E” option tells at SnapRAID to proceed even when detecting an empty disk. When the “sync” command terminates, remove the “disk” option from the configuration file.

Is snapraid a good alternative to raid?

The official site of SnapRAID is: SnapRAID is in between a RAID and a Backup program trying to get the best benefits of them. Although it also has some limitations that you should consider before using it. The main one is that if a disk fails, and you haven’t recently synced, you may be unable to do a complete recover.

Is there an external GUI for snapraid?

No. SnapRAID is a command line application. But there is the Elucidate external GUI, and a plugin for OpenMediaVault . Does SnapRAID provide encryption, virtual views/storage pooling, SMART monitoring and Power control?