Jeremy

If I was doing this I would proceed as follows:

Let's assume we call the MD600 disks 'a' (left bay) and 'b' ( right bay) and the backup disks 'a1' and 'b1'.

I would remove disk a from the MD600 and place it in the Icybox along with disk a1 and clone it, I would then repeat the process with b and b1 so both the MD600 disks have been cloned I would then boot the MD600 with disks a1 and b1 to confirm the process was successful, any future clone would be done using either a or b disk in alternate order, this would mean even in the event of an unforeseen disaster let's say the Icybox blows up both your disks!! You would still have the MD600 disk and the backup clone copy so your data would be safe.
Please note the following.
This is just one option for a backup.
The MD600 must be powered down fully to remove and reinstall disks.
The MD600 will operate with only one disk.
The clone option takes approximately 6 hours so best done overnight.
It is important to be sure that the clones are good so I would always suggest verifying as described above.
The cloning operation wipes the disk as it does a bit for bit copy so no need to format a disk before using it irrespective of if its new or used.

As the MD600 can recover from having just one good disk this method gives you 4 disks you could potentially use to recover from.

Russ

Last edited by Ratbert; 2017-01-23 18:08.