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geojay
Guide
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...
StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 16, 2020
geojay wrote:

It was a brand new disk and I've tried formatting it using the Format option. This seemed to have no effect.

 

Was there any indication in the UI that formatting was actually done?

 

Try rebooting the NAS, and see if that triggers the expansion.

geojay's avatar
geojay
Guide
Apr 16, 2020

Hi Stephen,

I got the following success message from the logs:

"Volume: Disk format completed on channel 3."

 

I've rebooted once following the format but I'll try again...

 

Thanks

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    geojay
    Guide
    Apr 16, 2020

    Rebooting hasn't had any effect...

     

    geojay wrote:

    Hi Stephen,

    I got the following success message from the logs:

    "Volume: Disk format completed on channel 3."

     

    I've rebooted once following the format but I'll try again...

     

    Thanks

     

    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      Apr 16, 2020

      Anything interesting in rn_expand.log?

      • geojay's avatar
        geojay
        Guide
        Apr 16, 2020

        Hi Stephen,

        Where / how would I find that log file?

         

        Thanks

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