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deacott59
Aspirant
Jun 11, 2020
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RN628x - XRAID not expanding volume when adding a third disk.

Hi,  I have added a third disk to my ReadyNAS 628X, due to getting low on disk space.  I'm using X-RAID, so my understanding is that the system should detect the new drive automatically, then convert...
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    deacott59
    Jun 19, 2020

    Hi,  Yesterday I formatted the disk again and tried to create a volume on it (no RAID).  It failed.  The alert said it "could not find the disk, please make sure it is inserted correctly."  I also noticed that although the NAS was showing the disk in the list, it could not read the temperature of it.  So I removed it and tried an old WD Black 2TB disk in the slot.  that worked fine and created a volume.  So from this I can only think the new disk is faulty.

    I have request an RMA to return it for a refund.  I'll buy another disk from somewhere else.

     

    Thank you for everyones help with finding the solution.

StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 11, 2020

Was the new disk already formatted?  The system won't automatically add formatted drives, in order to reduce the risk of accidental data loss.

 

You can try selecting the new drive, and then clicking on the format button on the right of the volume screen, and see if that resolved it.

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    deacott59
    Aspirant
    Jun 11, 2020

    Hi Stephen, 

     

    Thanks for your reply.  Yes, I should have mentioned in my original post, that prior to me leaving it alone for two days, I did put the brand new disk in, but nothing happened. I noticed that I had my existing disks in Slot 7 and 8, and added the new disk to slot 6.  So I removed the new disk then moved the existing disks to slot 1 and 2. It then did a resync of the two disks.

     

    Then I added the new disk and formatted it as you mentioned, then left it for a day.  Nothing happened.  So I removed it, rebooted the NAS and added it again.  Then I left it alone.  It's now been two days and nothing except the message in the logs saying that I had added the disk.

     

    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jun 11, 2020

      Try formatting it again from the web ui.

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        deacott59
        Aspirant
        Jun 11, 2020

        Ok, thats been Done.  Clicked on disk then selected the Format button on the right hand side.  Had to type FORMAT to confirm.  It took about a minute to complete.  No messages in the logs.  How should I wait until I should see something happen?

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