Open Media Vault

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  • Create a single mirror disk for a RAID1 array

    I have a problem, I have a 3TB drive which has all my data on it but I need to move to a new RAID solution using Open Media Vault, OMV. I want to set up a mirrored, RAID1, 3TB array so will need two 3TB drives. I plan to use my current 3TB drive… read more…

  • Access contents on a single disk from a Debian mirror array

    I am setting up an Open Media Vault, OMV, NAS box for my home storage requirements, detailed in the post Installing Open Media Vault. I don’t have the resources to setup a full RAID 5 array, this would require a box with space for 3 drives plus which I would actually need to purchase 3… read more…

    Access contents on a single disk from a Debian mirror array

  • Installing Open Media Vault

    OMV doesn’t have a backup function which is a problem. Given it is relatively straight forward to setup OMV one option is to simply set it up again. I really don’t want to do that so the only other comprehensive option is to backup the system disk. The problem is that there isn’t any free,… read more…

    Installing Open Media Vault

  • Wipe a RAID disk

    If for some reason you have a disk which used to be in a software RAID and you need to add it back into OMV then OMV will still recognize it as a RAID disk, even if you have reformatted it. In my case I had a disk that was removed from the array for… read more…

  • Open Media Vault FAQs and tips

    Please don’t think this is an official OMV FAQ, this is just things I found out in my travels around OMV. What happens if I turn shutdown or lose power while rebuilding an array It just picks up where it left off. I tried this by pulling the power cord out and again by shutting… read more…