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Adding new drive to readynas Ultra 2
Hello, I currently have a ReadyNas Ultra 2 with a Samsung HD204UI drive installed. The drive is full, and so I purchased the Western Digital WD30EFRX drive to go in there. At the moment, I'm th...
Many thanks for your helpful response.
I'll bear that in mind for the future, but as you say it does look time consuming. I am also not comfortable with wiping the data (I'm assuming from what you've written there is no way I can do what I want and keep the data as it is on the 2TB drive), as I have only one backup and if anything happens to that during this whole process I am well and truly screwed.
What I'd prefer to do then is remove the 2TB drive completely, and simply use the 3TB drive only. I can then copy all my data onto it using the external drive I'm using as a backup (either connected directly to the NAS or through my Windows PC).
At this stage, I have two possibilities for what I may want to do. The first is add a second identical drive in the future, and use it as a separate volume. I'm assuming for this to work out I'd have to set the ReadNas to Flex-Raid, at this time, as you've mentioned?
The second is I could add a second identical drive but have it in the same volume for additional space (not redundancy). In which case I'd ask is it possible to do this on Flex-Raid (thereby keeping my options open until I install another drive), or would I have to choose another config?
Lastly, if I do have two separate volumes on two identical HDDs, can I have a single share setup across both of them (so having the files spread across both drives)?
Thanks again!
I'll bear that in mind for the future, but as you say it does look time consuming. I am also not comfortable with wiping the data (I'm assuming from what you've written there is no way I can do what I want and keep the data as it is on the 2TB drive), as I have only one backup and if anything happens to that during this whole process I am well and truly screwed.
What I'd prefer to do then is remove the 2TB drive completely, and simply use the 3TB drive only. I can then copy all my data onto it using the external drive I'm using as a backup (either connected directly to the NAS or through my Windows PC).
At this stage, I have two possibilities for what I may want to do. The first is add a second identical drive in the future, and use it as a separate volume. I'm assuming for this to work out I'd have to set the ReadNas to Flex-Raid, at this time, as you've mentioned?
The second is I could add a second identical drive but have it in the same volume for additional space (not redundancy). In which case I'd ask is it possible to do this on Flex-Raid (thereby keeping my options open until I install another drive), or would I have to choose another config?
Lastly, if I do have two separate volumes on two identical HDDs, can I have a single share setup across both of them (so having the files spread across both drives)?
Thanks again!
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