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Apr 16, 2020

Adding disk to volume on RN214

My RN214 currently has two 4TB disks inside, arranged as a single X-RAID volume (RAID 1). I've added a third 4TB disk and was expecting the volume to expand automatically onto the new disk. Apart fro...

Marc_V

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Apr 16, 2020

geojay

If it's on X-RAID it should auto Expand and change to RAID5. Are you seeing the Expand button on the Volume info?

If it has the expand button enabled, it probably might have changed to Flex-RAID but it should not happen without intervention as well. Have you tried inserting the drive on another bay? Are you getting any message or error?

Regards

geojay
Guide
Apr 16, 2020
Hi Marc,
I don't see an Expand button on the volume screen (see attached screenshot). When I added the third disk I got the following message:
"Disk: Disk Model:ST4000VN008 Serial:ZGY6MAM2 was added to Channel 3 of the head unit.". I've had no error messages...

I have only inserted the disk once so far...

Thanks
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Apr 16, 2020
  What happens if you select the disk on the volume tab, and the click on format in the right pane?
  
  If the disk is formatted outside the NAS, it won't be automatically added to the array.
  - geojay
    Guide
    Apr 16, 2020
    Hi Stephen,
    It was a brand new disk and I've tried formatting it using the Format option. This seemed to have no effect. The attached screenshot shows the current status of the disk as obtained by hovering over the disk...
    
    Thanks
- Marc_V
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Apr 16, 2020
  Yes, I agree with StephenB. ry to click on the 4TB that is grey in color and format it on the NAS.
  
  Regards