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4TB+4TB+2TB+2TB= 3,6TB????
Hallo habe vier Festplatten eingebaut, 2x4TB und 2x2TB und bekomme als freien Speicher 3,63TB genannt? Kann das sein??? Liegt das an RAID6? Was muss ich ändern?
I have two 4TB Harddisks and two 2TB Harddisks. Free Space is 3.63TB. How can it be? Is RAID6 the reason? What can I do?
Best regards
Ralf
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Are you sing X-RAID or FLEX-RAID?
In X-RAID configuration, the above should give a volume size of ~7.x TB.
Can you screenshot the volumes page for us? "System" --> "Volumes".
Hello rtrogemann,
Although it is on XRAID, it is currently using RAID6. Did you add 2 disks to the existing volume at the same time? Do you have full backup of the files? If not and you can still access files, please back up.
Regards,
- X-RAID doesn't create a RAID6 on four HDDs, regardless of how many HDDs you replace at once. X-RAID create RAID6 volumes during a Factory Default if 6 HDDs or more in a chassis with 7 bays or more. X-RAID reshapes RAID5 arrays to RAID6 during horizontal expansion starting at the 7th member.
I can't see the pics as they're not approved (which is annoying btw), but maybe the user disabled X-RAID, created the RAID6 volume, and re-enabled X-RAID.
Anyway, the only one to get back to a RAID5 is to destroy the volume and recreate one.
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