Can this drive be used as a non-RAID single boot drive without problems?
1267395
Yes, but since its optimized for NAS, it will be somewhat slower than a desktop optimized drive.
1267396
The only thing that makes it NAS is that it is optimized for such use-- interface is the same as a desktop single--disk-use HDD.
1267397
This is not a good choice for non-RAID. The Red drives are designed to stop re-trying bad sectors sooner than (for example) a comparable Green drive. This is great if you want the drive to continue operating while your RAID recovers the missing piece. If you don't have data redundancy, then you're more likely to lose data with a "NAS" drive.
1267398
I have 8 of these NAS drives in a non-RAID case. They are all setup as individual drives. I move them from one computer to the next with no problems.
1038705
Yes. I am running my OS on this drive. I had to switch to legacy boot mode to get it to work.
1902579
Hi, yes indeed, as well as being a raid 0, 1, 5 unit this product is also a very competent JBOD (just a bunch of discs) that interfaces with your via a decent USB 3.0 port. It very (too) easily switches between those storage configurations; just don't make the mistake of switching before you've backed up your data!!
1920442
Very unlikely unless you have a SATA to mSATA adapter which can cause data integrity issues
91779
Yes either raid 0 or raid 1 is possible. I would not recommend this product though.
1668787
I'm not running it in raid so I can't answer that question, but it is a good hard drive.
117366
No, I am using it in a non-raid setup. I did try to use it with a 2 TB drive as a 4th drive. It didn't work. I then put a 500 MB drive on it and it worked. I put the 2 TB directly on a standard sata port.
1183003
It'd probably be best to consult the WD web site. I didn't partition mine, but I did make it bootable.
103520
Yes, treat it as a standard removable usb drive, don't run the "backup" software.
1233658
Technically, I doubt it. If you treat it as a series of JBOD disks, maybe, but anything with RAID will require the unit reformat all drives. In general, I don't recommend the unit -- it's slow, it's finicky, etc.
1379043
Yes. That's exactly what I bought it for - extra ports. There is a message that pops up on booting about RAID but extra ports work as intended.
1088528
The drive comes like any other drive and can be used with any OS that supports hard drives. There is no reason why multiple OS installs can't be made on it, following the standard multi-boot issues.
936429
You can keep your drives as is. There is no hardware RAID so it will read four drives independently.
2235683
Using X-RAID is the only way to make that work. But you are limited to 1 volume, if you want more than 1 volume you would turn off X-RAID but you cant go back without reformatting your drives. X-RAID will manage your redundancy
2041003
Yes, that is typically how a RAID controller like this is used. You shouldn't have a problem.
1673521
This drive should most defintely *NOT* be used on a desktop unless it is in a redundant (eg. RAID 1, RAID 5) Configuration. THE RED, SE and RE drives are engineeered to have limited error recovery (TLER) so that they do not drop out of an array. This is not to your benefit if you are employing the drive in a non-redundant use case.
2089342
I don't have any experience with either of these programs, but being that it is solid state and 1Tb you should not have any storage problems. Sorry I could not be of more help.