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Mixing brand model and size to upgrade storage space?
Hello all, I need to upgrade my X86 ReadyNas Pro Pioneer (4.2.19) X-RAID2 4 drives setup to 6 drives setup to get more storage space. The four installed drive models WD 1TB Green WD10EADS-00L5B1 (...
That's not the only option. Take a look at http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_x86_4_2_12_Notes
If any of your disks were added on 4.2.12 or later then they would be 4k sector partition aligned. But if they were all last added prior to RAIDiator 4.2.12 then none of them would be 4k sector partition aligned.
Check your partition.log. If you have the time or if most of your disks are not 4k sector aligned then it would be best to backup and do a factory reset but that is not the only option.
yoh-dah wrote:
Added support for 4K sector drives. If you have already installed 4K sector drives with 4.2.11 or earlier, you can replace each disk one by one, allowing it to complete resync, and all your disks will be 4K aligned, and your performance should be on par with similar 512-byte sector drives.
If any of your disks were added on 4.2.12 or later then they would be 4k sector partition aligned. But if they were all last added prior to RAIDiator 4.2.12 then none of them would be 4k sector partition aligned.
Check your partition.log. If you have the time or if most of your disks are not 4k sector aligned then it would be best to backup and do a factory reset but that is not the only option.
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