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104 upgrade scenario's
Hi all, I'm considering buying a ReadyNas 104. At the moment I just want to use it as a simple media server and i have no direct need for more than 4 (or even 2) TB of storage. In the future this w...
Yes. Your first option is the default behavior (using XRAID).
bskbo wrote: Am I right in assuming this can be done whilst preserving the data that is already on the nas and with drives of the same size (not necessarily exactly the same type)?
Before you install the second disk you should be able to convert the RNxxx to flexraid with no data loss. That gives you the ability to do second option. (You can't do this trick on the older ReadyNAS btw).
With xraid, you can add bigger disks, but smaller ones. If you go with with separate volumes, you can add any size you want (as they are totally independent).
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