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ReadyNAS 314-RAID 1 Volume Issue
Bit of a novice so the problem maybe of my making but need some advice. I have a ReadyNAS with a WD Red 3TB drive in it. I had around 500GB of space left so installed a second WD Red 4TB drive. Afte...
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This is because your RAID configuration uses X-RAID and by this the system automatically used the 2nd drive you inserted to be used as protection/redundancy.
RAID 1 uses mirroring which copies the first drive and becomes a replacement in case of a drive failure.
What you can do is to add another drive on your current configuration for it to become RAID 5 which adds additional data capacity to your NAS and still provides protection. Another way is to disable X-RAID on your volume and add another disk and set it as JBOD. You will have 2 volumes this way, your current RAID1 setup and another volume which is JBOD. Do note that this does not have any protection in case of failure.
It is always best to set backups of your data in different storages so in the event that you may need to do a Factory reset or failure, you still have copies of your data.
HTH
Here are some articles that will be able to provide more info.
Volume Expansion
https://kb.netgear.com/7010/ReadyNAS-Volume-Expansion
X-RAID and Flex-RAID
Regards
Welcome to the Community!
This is because your RAID configuration uses X-RAID and by this the system automatically used the 2nd drive you inserted to be used as protection/redundancy.
RAID 1 uses mirroring which copies the first drive and becomes a replacement in case of a drive failure.
What you can do is to add another drive on your current configuration for it to become RAID 5 which adds additional data capacity to your NAS and still provides protection. Another way is to disable X-RAID on your volume and add another disk and set it as JBOD. You will have 2 volumes this way, your current RAID1 setup and another volume which is JBOD. Do note that this does not have any protection in case of failure.
It is always best to set backups of your data in different storages so in the event that you may need to do a Factory reset or failure, you still have copies of your data.
HTH
Here are some articles that will be able to provide more info.
Volume Expansion
https://kb.netgear.com/7010/ReadyNAS-Volume-Expansion
X-RAID and Flex-RAID
Regards
Great advice, thanks very much
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