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Expanding the EDA500
I had a EDA500 attached to a RNAS314. The 314 is set for Raid5 with 4 x 3TB drives. The Expansion unit has 2 x3TB drives in a separate volume RAID1. I would like to either expand this volume by ad...
I've noticed that I made an error the RNAS314 has 4 x 5TB and the EDA500 has 2 x 5TB drives.
Excuse the 2nd question.
With 3 bays left to put drives in does it matter if the drives are 5 TB or can I use smaller drives as long as they are the same size?
I posted a more thorough reply that now seems to be gone. Won't do that again. In sum, a smaller capacity drive won't expand a RAID volume in which only larger capacity ones have been installed since the last Factory Default—e.g., can't add 3TB drive to expand a RAID volume made up of 5TB drives. See https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/XRAID-turned-RAID5-into-RAID6-when-adding-a-drive/m-p/1120084#M113353
But I recommand for your EDA at least 5TB HDD and to put raid5!
coloatty wrote:
I posted a more thorough reply that now seems to be gone. Won't do that again. In sum, a smaller capacity drive won't expand a RAID volume in which only larger capacity ones have been installed since the last Factory Default—e.g., can't add 3TB drive to expand a RAID volume made up of 5TB drives.
Yes. But you could switch to flexraid and create a separate volume with the 3 TB drives.
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