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ReadyNAS PRO 6 / Western Digital Red WD40EFRX
Advance note: I'm ready to be told 'it isn't in the HW Compatibility List - go away' (blush). I've got a ReadyNAS Pro 6, all bays full, with a RAID 6 Volume. After disk failures, I added (at differen...
My thanks - and no, I didn't factory default when I added the new drives. So your assessment is undoubtedly correct :-).
The Volume size now is exactly what it was when I first configured it - so yes, I easily exceeded the max growth, which I can either claim I forgot because I'm old enough to be a National Monument, or never remembered, because I haven;t played with the unit in ages. My thanks indeed, Sir! I'll let the backup run again tonight, then try a reset tomorrow. And yes, the backup unit is RAID 6 as well. It's smaller than the main unit, but big enough for the parts of the main unit I actually need to restore.
Any comments on a new RAID 6, or putting it in as FLEX? My thought is that as far as I know the 4TB drives are as big as the Pro can handle, so I'm not likely to be trying to increase size again, so stick with RAID 6.
Thank you again, sir :-)).
The Volume size now is exactly what it was when I first configured it - so yes, I easily exceeded the max growth, which I can either claim I forgot because I'm old enough to be a National Monument, or never remembered, because I haven;t played with the unit in ages. My thanks indeed, Sir! I'll let the backup run again tonight, then try a reset tomorrow. And yes, the backup unit is RAID 6 as well. It's smaller than the main unit, but big enough for the parts of the main unit I actually need to restore.
Any comments on a new RAID 6, or putting it in as FLEX? My thought is that as far as I know the 4TB drives are as big as the Pro can handle, so I'm not likely to be trying to increase size again, so stick with RAID 6.
Thank you again, sir :-)).
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