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Changing from Flex-RAID to X-RAID
I was casually looking at the volumes tab of my ReadyNAS admin page. And so I noticed that the X-RAID button was not lit. I specifically recall getting a ReadyNAS specifically for X-RAID capabilitie...
Your logs show a 4x2TB RAID-5 layer and a 3x2TB RAID-5 layer. Replace the 3TB disk with a 4TB disk and you should get some more expansion.
Your logs show a 4x2TB RAID-5 layer and a 3x2TB RAID-5 layer. Replace the 3TB disk with a 4TB disk and you should get some more expansion.
Are you seeing a 10 TiB volume size on the web UI?
I am not seeing a 10 TiB volume in the Web GUI, no.
Did you upgrade disk-1 from 2 TB to 3 TB after you installed the 4 TB drives? That would explain the layering mdgm reports (which explains the 9 TiB volume size).
The easiest solution is to upgrade the 3 TB drive to 4 TB. Re-creating the volume would also give you an 10 TiB (11 TB) volume size - but would also destroy your data, so you'd need to restore it all from backup.
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