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ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Drive Upgrading
I have a ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition running RAIDiator 4.2.24. It is loaded with 6 x 2TB drives running in X-RAID2 mode. I have been running this setup for a couple of years. Can I upgrade one ...
-You can create a clean volume > 16 TiB by doing a factory reset with all drives in place. What you can't do is expand beyond 16 TiB.
-A factory reset deletes all data, config settings, add-ons.
-With dual redundancy, you will need to install 4 drives of the larger size to see any increase.
Also, both the expansion limits apply to the volume size, not to the raw disk capacity.
In your case, 6x2TB with dual redundancy gives you 8 TB of capacity. 6x4TB gives you a 16 TB volume size - which you can reach if 6x2TB dual redundancy was your starting point.
-A factory reset deletes all data, config settings, add-ons.
-With dual redundancy, you will need to install 4 drives of the larger size to see any increase.
Also, both the expansion limits apply to the volume size, not to the raw disk capacity.
In your case, 6x2TB with dual redundancy gives you 8 TB of capacity. 6x4TB gives you a 16 TB volume size - which you can reach if 6x2TB dual redundancy was your starting point.
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