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Question on X-RAID2 RAID6
I'm the proud owner of the RN-428 with now current non beta firmware, When I set the device up a few weeks ago I only had a hodgepodge of 2TB, 5TB, and 6TB disks. I went and purchased another 6 8T...
You can safely add another drive (to an empty slot) during a re-sync. Replacing one that's a part of an active array is asking for trouble, even with RAID6. Either way, it's not going to decrease the required re-sync time unless you will simply not be available to add the next drive when the time comes. The OS will sync one drive, and then the next.
When I first set it up, it was XRAID with single redundancy, but I deleted that volume and created a XRAID2 RAID 6 instead, I have all 8 bays full, I don't want single redundancy. It shows in the web admin page it is a X-RAID (lit) and RAID 6.
My backup is offsite, and with 32TB of data, it'll take a long time with the cable modem upload on the other side, I could sneakernet but it'se just not worth it, the data has millions of small files and ~100ms latency since the other side is a cable modem. This is not critical data, and I don't care if it takes a while, it's 64TB RAW.
You can safely add another drive (to an empty slot) during a re-sync. Replacing one that's a part of an active array is asking for trouble, even with RAID6. Either way, it's not going to decrease the required re-sync time unless you will simply not be available to add the next drive when the time comes. The OS will sync one drive, and then the next.
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