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dhih93
Aug 11, 2014Aspirant
Change from X-Raid2 to RAID0? [Noob Warning]
Hi guys, This has probably been asked 100 times but I cant find it in the forum.. I have the ReadyNas Ultra 2. I have been using it with a single 2TB drive which is now at capacity. Moments ago th...
mdgm-ntgr
Aug 11, 2014NETGEAR Employee Retired
1. Backup your data
2. Do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything)
3. A few checks will be run and then there will be a 10 minute countdown during which you can click setup in RAIDar and choose Flex-RAID and confirm your choice.
4. Delete the volume
5. Create a RAID-0 volume using one of the disks
6. Create a RAID-0 volume just using the other disk.
7. Restore data from backup
If you must do this a separate volume for each disk is the way to go. That way if a disk fails only the volume using that disk is lost.
2. Do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything)
3. A few checks will be run and then there will be a 10 minute countdown during which you can click setup in RAIDar and choose Flex-RAID and confirm your choice.
4. Delete the volume
5. Create a RAID-0 volume using one of the disks
6. Create a RAID-0 volume just using the other disk.
7. Restore data from backup
If you must do this a separate volume for each disk is the way to go. That way if a disk fails only the volume using that disk is lost.
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