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Hard Disk Up Grade for Readynas 10200
Hi Guys! I'm new here, and I would like to know, if someone can help me about this:
I have a Readynas 10200 (2 bays), with 2 Hard Drives (3TB Wester Digital - Red series) using RAID 0 (mirror), and I would like to up grade it for 2 hard Drives of 6Tb (RED SERIES TO)!
So I would like to know:
#1- Is it possible? (Is Readynas 10200, suport 6TB (EFRX) Hard Disk?)
#2- How I can do this upgrade?
Just take out the Hard disk of 3TB, and replace with 6TB Hard Disk, on Bay #2. And, after the mirrowing, do the same with the SECOND Hard Drive of 3 TB (On Bay #1)? Is it just enough?!
Thaks so much!
Jairo
1 Reply
RAID-1 would be the mirror, and you'd have a volume of around ~3TB. RAID-0 is something else - you'd have a volume of ~6 TB. RAID-0 can't be expanded.
Assuming you really meant xraid/raid-1...
(a) the RN102 does support WD60EFRX disks. The hardware compatibility list is here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20641/~/readynas-hard-disk-compatibility-list
(b) You can replace one drive while the system is running, and wait for the system to completely resync. Then repeat the process for the second disk. The second disk insertion is what will start the expansion - and it will take about 2x longer than the first disk to complete. It doesn't matter which disk you replace first.
You should make a backup first. Even with RAID, backups are still important. During disk replacement, you lose RAID redundancy, so if something goes wrong your data is more vulnerable than usual.
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