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16TB limit?
Hi, I have 2 x 6-Bay Business Edition Nases, and I would like to know if there is way to check if they have a 16TB volume limit. Thanks very much.
As I said, all disks need to be the same size.
bartw wrote: ...I'm not expanding anything, these disks are all put in at once during a factory reset.
Ixa wrote: ...As per StephenB's earlier response on this forum:
StephenB wrote: You can create a larger volume size than 16 TiB if you use disks of the same size, and do a factory reset with them all in place. That volume can't be expanded though.
As mdgm pointed out, if the disks are not the same size, then creating the XRAID array requires an expansion step - even if you are doing a factory default.
Flexraid with two volumes (4x4TB RAID5 and 2x6TB RAID1) will give you 18 TB (12 TB in the first and 6 TB in the second). 6x4TB xraid would have given you 20 TB.
If you were to install OS6 on the pro, then you could get 22 TB, and future expansion would be possible. Given where you are, that might be the best option for you.
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