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Lack of Visual Indication of Raid

I have G Raid 12TB USB Drive and it just bothers me to no end as to why G-Technology has no way for raid drive users to visually monitor and check disks, space, raid config, etc. I am not up for removing drives, rebuilding raids, etc to check to see if I have a valid backup and chance of losing data. This is disappointing, to say the least. What were they thinking?

Hi @cragucci,

The G-RAID is a RAID 0 only device. G-RAID is set in a hardware RAID 0 for high performance and capacity. The G-RAID is not recommended for use as a backup drive due to that RAID 0 does not provide any form of redundancy.

For more information please contact the WD Technical Support team for best assistance and troubleshooting:
https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask

I know that my drive is configured in RAID 1. There is still no way to safely check drives without removing them and checking.

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I appreciate the information and advice you have shared. I will try to figure it out for more.
MyApron

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