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Can't install WD40EFRX in my Duo v2
Hello all: I have a readynas duo v2, which came with a 1 TB hard drive and it works fine. I am trying to upgrade to a 4 TB hard drive and I can't seem to get the duo to tell me that it is installed c...
What firmware are you running on the duo?
XRAID2 will use the second drive to create RAID-1 protection for the first. Because the sizes are mismatched, only 1 TB of the new drive would be used for that. The other 3 TB is unavailable.
So if I understand your steps correctly, you first made the volume redundant (raid-1). Then when you removed the 1 TB drive you ended with a degraded array.
To solve your problem you need to copy off your current data, and do a factory reset with both drives in place. There's a 5-10 minute window after you start the reset - during that window you need to set up the NAS with the RAIDar utility from a PC. You'll want to select Flexraid, then create two separate volumes - one for each drive (jbod). Then you create the shares you want on those volumes, and restore your data.
XRAID2 will use the second drive to create RAID-1 protection for the first. Because the sizes are mismatched, only 1 TB of the new drive would be used for that. The other 3 TB is unavailable.
So if I understand your steps correctly, you first made the volume redundant (raid-1). Then when you removed the 1 TB drive you ended with a degraded array.
To solve your problem you need to copy off your current data, and do a factory reset with both drives in place. There's a 5-10 minute window after you start the reset - during that window you need to set up the NAS with the RAIDar utility from a PC. You'll want to select Flexraid, then create two separate volumes - one for each drive (jbod). Then you create the shares you want on those volumes, and restore your data.
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