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OriginalGriff wrote: At least it's RAID and I don't lose any data
DON'T
EVER
WRITE
THAT
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Now I'm waiting for the next post. 
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Gulp.
Hadn't thought of that... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Re. the NAS, is that necessary? On mine, you just pull the knackered disc out and put a new one and it will rebuild it all without doing anything.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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That's a good question - a detailed check in the manual says: nothing about it...
I just emailed the manufacturer to ask before I spotted your comment.
I wouldn't hurt to get a 4TB USB3 to back it up onto - an extra backup of my backup backups if you like! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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It depends on the RAID configuration. I know RAID 5 can reconstruct from the loss of a single drive, as I've done that with our external backup (4 1TB drives in a RAID 5 config, giving about 2.5TB usable space).
Software Zen: delete this;
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Mine's also running 4*1TB in RAID 5, for a total of 2.67TB (2945578 MB according to it)
It's working fine to reconstruct on the fly, it's just I don't always trust software so I want confirmation that I can slam a new HDD in there and it'll format it, and resync without destroying the existing data. It's not a new NAS - about 5 years old judging by the software revision date - so I just want the "security blanket" of knowing the data is safe! 
New 1TB HDD and a 4TB USB3.0 drive ordered (just in case, never hurts to have more storage than you need), and the manufacturers are "coming back to me in 24 hours" with an answer.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: I just want the "security blanket" of knowing the data is safe!
Same here. Our external hard drive is actually a third level of backup, hanging off our backup server. I've even got spare hard drives for the thing. It's about 5 years old, and we've had 3 of the 4 drives fail in the last couple of years.
Software Zen: delete this;
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OriginalGriff wrote: I don't always trust software so I want confirmation that I can slam a new HDD in there...
Sure... abuse the hardware by slamming it around then blame the software!
OriginalGriff wrote: Mine's also running 4*1TB in RAID 5, for a total of 2.67TB
I recently setup a Synology system with 2*4TB in RAID 1 for a total of 4TB. Works like a chimp champ!  So far... 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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It sounds very much to me like this is an excuse for new hardware!
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Well, the only new stuff is the 4TB USB, the other just brings my backup system back up to proper operation.
And having a 4TB so I can copy the whole backup system onto one drive does make sense - my largest USB at present is 2TB...
Yeah, OK, you got me. The 4TB is a toy... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Hey, Look on the bright side! Atleast you're not Ginger!
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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I think that Visual Basic should be shown off for its beauty and elegance.
Here is a sample of what it can do - that no other language can do:
Private Sub AlbumListPopulate()
Try
AlbumsList.ItemsSource = New List(Of Image)
For Each AlbumName In Pictures.Albums
Try
AlbumsList.ItemsSource.Add _
(
New Image With
{
.Height = 150,
.Width = 150,
.Source = RotateStream _
(
Pictures.Album(AlbumName).Picture,
Pictures.Album(AlbumName).Angle
)
}
)
Catch
End Try
Next
Catch
End Try
End Sub
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What about that can't be done in C#? 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Just because you don't need the extra keyword doesn't mean that C# can't do it:
new Image
{
Height = 150,
Width = 150,
Source = RotateStream
(
Pictures.Album[AlbumName].Picture,
Pictures.Album[AlbumName].Angle
)
}
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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That code would fail as the scopes would be confused
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No it wouldn't.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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VB
New image with {.height = height}
C#
New image {height = height}
second one fails
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Colborne_Greg wrote: second one fails
No, it doesn't.
https://dotnetfiddle.net/J0N7Mm[^]
using System;
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
int height = 100;
var image = new Image { height = height };
Console.WriteLine("The image's height is {0}.", image.height);
}
}
public class Image
{
public int height { get; set; }
}
Output: The image's height is 100.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Haha 
Make it simple, as simple as possible, but not simpler.
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Height = height breaks readability rules
Having the period in visual basic easily allows the reader of the code to know the scope of the object, which is not so obvious
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If you're used to working in a case-sensitive language, the difference between Height and height is pretty obvious.
And if you're that worried about it, you can always call your variable something else!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I have a habit of avoiding case sensitive languages as it creates more problems, then the advantage you gave
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