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Add new drive to a NAS ND-312
I have a NAS RN-31200 with one drive, I plan to add another drive but I don't know if I can lose my data when I add the new drive, any help is appreciate
Welcome to the Community!
You don't have to worry about your data when adding a new drive, it should not affect the data :)
Once you add a drive, if your NAS is configured with X-RAID it will automatically have a RAID1 array after the resync. This gives your NAS a mirrored drive giving you protection in case of a drive failure. If you are on Flex-RAID the drive you will add will be available to be created as another volume or be synced as RAID1 as well.
**Still before adding or replacing any drive it is always recommended to do a backup of your data, even if your data is safe a backup is always a must.
https://kb.netgear.com/22894/ReadyNAS-OS-6-Adding-a-disk-to-desktop-models
HTH
Thank you, if I click on the x-raid in the tab on the right I not going to lose data in the actual drive? I can click r-raid and insert the new drive, wait till sync is finishe then remove my old drive and insert the other big drive, is that correct? thanks for your help
Ematheu wrote:
Thank you, if I click on the x-raid in the tab on the right I not going to lose data in the actual drive?
Correct - no data loss. It's just a configuration change in the NAS.
Though as Marc_V said: Still before adding or replacing any drive it is always recommended to do a backup of your data, even if your data is safe a backup is always a must. Sometimes new disks can fail quickly (during the resync) - plus an unexpected power failure during the process could also result in loss.
Ematheu wrote:
insert the new drive, wait till sync is finishe then remove my old drive and insert the other big drive, is that correct?
Yes. As I mentioned above, you do all this with the NAS running.
Also, performance will be sluggish while the NAS is syncing (and the more you use it, the longer the resyncs will take).
Thank You!
Note that because the volume will be RAID1, your free space will be equivalent to only one drive. The other drive will contain the redundant data. I'm not sure that's what you want. If you want the space of two drives, but no redundancy, that must be done with XRAID disabled (so, under FlexRAID).
- Thank you for your advise, I know what you explain, that was the way I have my other NAS to get more space but I was thinking if the drive fail I’m fry. Encause I lost all the data, that is why I upgrade drives to get it mirrored, thank you for your help really appreciate
how can I fix degraded drive, and make the NAS recognize the 6tb on each drive?
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