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Adding a drive readynas duo v2
I have been using my duo v2 for a long time now with a wd 2tb green,and today i wanted to add a wd 2tb red.In raidar both drives are green but when i go to admin page it says X-RAID2(REDUNDANT) and o...
Kallestropp wrote:
I have been using my duo v2 for a long time now with a wd 2tb green,and today i wanted to add a wd 2tb red.In raidar both drives are green but when i go to admin page it says X-RAID2(REDUNDANT) and only shows 2gb,and volume button is orange
I think you meant 2 TB, not 2 GB.
With XRAID adding the second disk gives you redundancy (protection from a disk failure), not more space.
You should drill down on the orange volume status though - perhaps hovering over the volume status in the web UI or looking at logs.
If you want to maximize space, you will need to back up your data, do a factory reset, and use flexraid instead of xraid. Then restore the data from the backup after the NAS setup is complete. Details are in the software manual - http://www.readynas.com/download/documentation/UM/RAIDiator5-3_Home_SW_en_Nov711.pdf
Yes i meant tb :) You should drill down on the orange volume status . ..sorry drill down i have no idea what it is
Kallestropp wrote:
Yes i meant tb :) You should drill down on the orange volume status . ..sorry drill down i have no idea what it is
You said you had an orange volume status. It should be green. There should be some details as to why. I don't own a v2, so I can't give much specific advice.
I do know that on other ReadyNAS you can hover your mouse over the status indicators, and get more information. You can also install RAIDar on a PC (http://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads?cid=wmt_netgear_organic ) and that will also show status (including more details if you hover over the graphic indicators).
Look at the log in the web UI might also give some clues.
"drill down" is slang that means to gather detailed information by focusing in on something.
i understand but drilling down volume only shows total size and available size
maybe green and red westerndigital drives dont match
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