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RN 316 Installing extra Drives 8TB
I currently have 2 x 8TB Ironwolfs installed in RN 316 as X-Raid (Raid 1), mainly used for storage of movies and photos. I have just purchased another 2 x 8TB Ironwolfs to install, do we need to tur...
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You can add the disk even if your ReadyNAS is running and since you are on X-RAID the expansion will automatically take place using RAID 5 configuration. Add the disks one at a time until it finishes resyncing and then add the next one.
I would go with RAID 5 personally if you need to optimize the volume cap. You will have to set the NAS to Flex RAID if you plan to use RAID10.
HTH
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Welcome to the Community!
You can add the disk even if your ReadyNAS is running and since you are on X-RAID the expansion will automatically take place using RAID 5 configuration. Add the disks one at a time until it finishes resyncing and then add the next one.
I would go with RAID 5 personally if you need to optimize the volume cap. You will have to set the NAS to Flex RAID if you plan to use RAID10.
HTH
Regards
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