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New drives. Not fully accessed
I took my old rdn4000u and out of storage as I want to use it as a back up. I Iinstalled 2 8tb drives after multiple tries, etc. erasingwith radar, etc it only sets it up a 1.3 tb. This is a 4 bay un...
paulsb01 wrote:
What is the best way to set this up for 2) 8tb drives.. one to mirror the other in case of failure.
Do I use the pin hole on the back of the NAS and if so, which setting?
What you need is to do a factory default.
It is possible to do this with the reset pinhole, but the simplest way is to use the admin web interface (https://nas-ip-address/admin )
Choose System, and then Update from the left menus. Then select the "factory default" tab in the center, and then "Perform Factory Default".
The system will likely ask for confirmation (it's been a while since I did this), and then when it boots up it will automatically create a RAID-1 array. The ReadyNAS will be syncing the array for a while, but you can configure it during the process. Note you can also start loading it with data, but it will go faster if you wait for the array to be built.
I have th RNDU4000.
Yes it old that's why I upgrade to a Synology NAS. I thought I couild use this as the back up.
But if its limited to 2 TB.. then its a no. Thank you
paulsb01 wrote:
I have th RNDU4000.
Yes it old that's why I upgrade to a Synology NAS. I thought I couild use this as the back up.
But if its limited to 2 TB.. then its a no. Thank you
Did you read the full responses above? What firmware is the NAS running now?
You can use 2x8TB RAID-1 or 3x8TB RAID-5 in an RNDU4000 if you are using the current 4.2.31 firmware for it. You can go to 4x8TB if you convert it to run OS-6.
Yes.. I miss read thank you. I upgraded to the latest Firmware.
What is the best way to set this up for 2) 8tb drives.. one to mirror the other in case of failure.
Do I use the pin hole on the back of the NAS and if so, which setting?
Thanks,
paul
paulsb01 wrote:
What is the best way to set this up for 2) 8tb drives.. one to mirror the other in case of failure.
Do I use the pin hole on the back of the NAS and if so, which setting?
What you need is to do a factory default.
It is possible to do this with the reset pinhole, but the simplest way is to use the admin web interface (https://nas-ip-address/admin )
Choose System, and then Update from the left menus. Then select the "factory default" tab in the center, and then "Perform Factory Default".
The system will likely ask for confirmation (it's been a while since I did this), and then when it boots up it will automatically create a RAID-1 array. The ReadyNAS will be syncing the array for a while, but you can configure it during the process. Note you can also start loading it with data, but it will go faster if you wait for the array to be built.
Thank you very much.
My thtought that was the factory default will undo the firmware upgrade I just performed.
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