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Kev75
Aspirant
Jul 20, 2016
Solved

When I added a 5th drive I did not gain any space

I have a ReadNAS 516 with the latest firmware. I had 4x 6TB WD RED drives installed on XRAID Raid5 and 16.3GB or storage. I added another 6TB WD RED drive and still only have 16.3TB and still on raid...
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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    Jul 24, 2016

    Well one option would be to backup your data, do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) and restore your data from backup.

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cpu8088
Virtuoso
Jul 20, 2016

size increase will happen after resync complete not while it is processing

 

 

 

  • Kev75's avatar
    Kev75
    Aspirant
    Jul 20, 2016

    I forgot to mention its been two months. It finished rebuilding a long time ago.

    • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
      mdgm-ntgr
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Jul 20, 2016

      In that case can you send in your logs (see the Sending Logs link in my sig)?

      • Kev75's avatar
        Kev75
        Aspirant
        Jul 23, 2016

        I sent the logs through yesterday. They only appear to cover a few days though.

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