full image - Repost: Using orico metabox as JBOD? can it be done? (from Reddit.com, Using orico metabox as JBOD? can it be done?)
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I have been running on internal drives and using the odd external drive for backups . But I need more space for movies etc, mostly to use as a plex server, which can be on the whole time.The trouble is I need to do it on the cheap for now.I bought a second hand good condition orico 5-bay metabox pro, thinking this would solve all my problems.I plugged in some old 2TB NTFS formatted drives from an old computer and quickly found out I can't see my data on them (some of which I want to keep) and the orico wants to format all the drives in there to RAID.Now I can probably manage to get my data off them and format them if needed, BUT I want to be able to upgrade this with bigger drives when I can afford it.I've never really used RAID before so correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is you have to format all drives to RAID and then can't add any more without formatting everything again?If this is correct, I don't want to use RAID. I don't want to use oricos stupid software. I just want to use these as drives on the network that I can add or remove at my leisure.Is this possible using the orico metabox pro?Can I install OMV (or alternative?) on it to use it as a JBOD.If I do this, can I then use and access NTFS formatted drives in it (and keep my original data) ... OR do I still need to format everything in there first?
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