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OldManAndHisNAS
Mar 28, 2022Aspirant
Expand ReadyNAS 422 from one 4TB drive with second 2TB drive
I have existing ReadyNAS 422 at firmware 6.10.6 with one 4TB drive X-RAID JBOD. Would like to add a second drive. It is a 2TB drive. Thought I could add to the 2nd slot for 6TB of total JBOD capac...
Sandshark
Mar 29, 2022Sensei
You do need to turn off XRAID to accomplish that.
OldManAndHisNAS
Mar 29, 2022Aspirant
can you give me some points on how to do this without turning off XRAID?
thank you.
- StephenBMar 29, 2022Guru - Experienced User
OldManAndHisNAS wrote:
can you give me some points on how to do this without turning off XRAID?
It cannot be done with XRAID enabled.
XRAID will
- ignore any drive smaller than 4 TB
- Give you RAID-1 mirroring with any drive 4TB or larger (with no increase in capacity).
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