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mattson
Aspirant
Sep 14, 2016
Solved

Readynas NV+ v2 XRAID2 does not utilise extra capacity on 4TB disks

Hi there,   I recently had 2 failed drives in my trusty Readynas NV+ v2 - 5.3.12 firmware - so decided to try my hand with 4tb drives, the only ones supported for the NV+ v2 were the WD Reds (can...
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Readynas NV+ v2 not expanding
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Sep 15, 2016
    mattson wrote:

    Thanks for the reply mate.

     

    I left it overnight, and it finished it's initial sync, but when that completed, it just remained at 5.4tb.

     

    kinda frustrating :(

    Reboot it.

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mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Sep 15, 2016

There will be an initial sync using the capacity of the smallest disk and once that completes if you have more than one 4TB disk installed it will then proceed to create a second layer, do a resync and expand onto that.

mattson's avatar
mattson
Aspirant
Sep 15, 2016

Thanks for the reply mate.

 

I left it overnight, and it finished it's initial sync, but when that completed, it just remained at 5.4tb.

 

kinda frustrating :(

  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 15, 2016
    mattson wrote:

    Thanks for the reply mate.

     

    I left it overnight, and it finished it's initial sync, but when that completed, it just remained at 5.4tb.

     

    kinda frustrating :(

    Reboot it.

    • mattson's avatar
      mattson
      Aspirant
      Sep 16, 2016

      Thanks guys - yes - post reboot and the volume successfully expanded to 7.4tb as expected.

       

      woohoo :P

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