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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.

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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