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ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Plus.... 18TB -> 24TB
Hi, Currently using 6x3TB Seagate 3TB ST3000DM001 drives on a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Plus. Not a very good drive though imo, had already 2 bad ones, curiously both were in slot No.2 of the NAS... wondered...
TeknoJnky wrote: it sounds like you started with 6x 3tb SINGLE redundancy.
6x 3tb at dual redunancy would get you about 10-11tb not 13.
what does it say on the frontview > volumes page?
No, always had dual redundancy.
Still have 11TB.
Let me cut&paste volumes page:
Disk space 11 TB (73%) of 15 TB used
Configuration: RAID Level X-RAID2, 6 disks
Status: Redundant
RAID Disks:
Ch 1 : Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 [3726 GB] 3721 GB allocated
Ch 2 : Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 [3726 GB] 3721 GB allocated
Ch 3 : Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 [3726 GB] 3721 GB allocated
Ch 4 : Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 [3726 GB] 3721 GB allocated
Ch 5 : Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 [2794 GB] 2790 GB allocated
Ch 6 : Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 [2794 GB] 2790 GB allocated
and health page is:
Disk 1 Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 3726 GB , 36 C / 96 F , Write-cache ON OK
Disk 2 Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 3726 GB , 37 C / 98 F , Write-cache ON OK
Disk 3 Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 3726 GB , 35 C / 95 F , Write-cache ON OK
Disk 4 Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 3726 GB , 36 C / 96 F , Write-cache ON OK
Disk 5 Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 2794 GB , 41 C / 105 F , Write-cache ON OK
Disk 6 Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 2794 GB , 39 C / 102 F , Write-cache ON OK
Fan SYS 897 RPM OK
Fan CPU 1962 RPM OK
Temp SYS 51 C / 123 F [Normal 0-65 C / 32-149 F] OK
Temp CPU 25.5 C / 77 F [Normal 0-85 C / 32-185 F] OK
UPS 1 APC Back-UPS RS 550GI, Battery charge: 100%, 25 minutes OK
TeknoJnky wrote: this line here says you are already up to 16tb
meaning no matter what, your are not going to expand further without some kind of factory default.
That's exactly what I was afraid of :(
So most logical move would be to do a factory reset after backup's are finished.
Would it then see all 6x4TB without any issues or limitations?
Since these are "desktop" drives and they are very prune to malfunction, I really like to use that 2-disk-as-spare as in current setup.
Is there anything you would recommend besides X-Raid2 even after factory reset? (I was thinking using same X-Raid2 again)
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