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ReadyNAS 3100 - Enlarging disks
I have a ReadyNAS 3100 with 4 2 TB HD in RAID 5. I was told I can replace the 2 TB HD with 3 TB HDs. Is it correct? Where can I locate a list of 3TB HDs suitable to be used with the ReadyNAS3100? ...
Ok.
Then you can expand to 3 TB by hot-swapping (removing a 2 TB drive, inserting the 3 TB drive in the same slot, and then waiting for the resync and expansion to complete before doing a second drive).
There is an 8 TiB growth limit. Do you know what disks were installed on the original install (or the last factory limit). You can't grow more than 8 TiB from the initial volume size.
You should make a backup first, as the expansion process does stress the disks, and can provoke or uncover disk failures.
It is possibly quicker to do a factory reset procedure and restore the disks from backup, though of course it takes the NAS out of service.
Then you can expand to 3 TB by hot-swapping (removing a 2 TB drive, inserting the 3 TB drive in the same slot, and then waiting for the resync and expansion to complete before doing a second drive).
There is an 8 TiB growth limit. Do you know what disks were installed on the original install (or the last factory limit). You can't grow more than 8 TiB from the initial volume size.
You should make a backup first, as the expansion process does stress the disks, and can provoke or uncover disk failures.
It is possibly quicker to do a factory reset procedure and restore the disks from backup, though of course it takes the NAS out of service.
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