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difference between RNDP 6620 & 6630
Currently using the Pro Business 6 bay readynas with 6 x 2tb harddisks. Would like to change these to 6 x 3tb harddisks. Do I just pull out the 2TB harddisks 1 by 1 and replace them with the 3TB hardd...
There is nothing locked down in the OS, the different model numbers just reflect the number and size of the disks the unit is shipped with. A 6000 has the same capacity, and comes with no disks at all.
There are 2 limits to on-line expansion. Both relate to the delivered volume size (not including the redundancy tax). One is that a volume cannot grow more than 8 TiB over its lifetime. The second is that the volume cannot grow across the 16 TiB boundary.
In your case, if you are running single-redundancy your installed volume should have been "born" at about 10 TB, so it can grow up to 16 TiB. upgrading to 6x3TB would leave at at about 15 TB, so you wouldn't run into either growth limit.
Before expanding, you should have an up to date backup, since there is always risk of data loss when you are rebuilding your raid array. (Really you should always have a backup...)
You can hot-swap the disks one at a time (waiting for resync to complete before you insert the next one). You might need to restart the NAS after the initial resync, particularly after the second disk insertion (which would be the first one which increases the volume size). When I insert a 3 TB drive, it takes my pro-6 about 10-12 hours to complete the process. So it would take about a week. The data would be available, but performance would be slowed down.
The other option is to power down, pull all the disks (labeling their slot), insert the new drives and power up. Then restore the config and the data. The NAS will be unavailable for a while, but the total process will be quicker, and you end up with a clean setup.
There are 2 limits to on-line expansion. Both relate to the delivered volume size (not including the redundancy tax). One is that a volume cannot grow more than 8 TiB over its lifetime. The second is that the volume cannot grow across the 16 TiB boundary.
In your case, if you are running single-redundancy your installed volume should have been "born" at about 10 TB, so it can grow up to 16 TiB. upgrading to 6x3TB would leave at at about 15 TB, so you wouldn't run into either growth limit.
Before expanding, you should have an up to date backup, since there is always risk of data loss when you are rebuilding your raid array. (Really you should always have a backup...)
You can hot-swap the disks one at a time (waiting for resync to complete before you insert the next one). You might need to restart the NAS after the initial resync, particularly after the second disk insertion (which would be the first one which increases the volume size). When I insert a 3 TB drive, it takes my pro-6 about 10-12 hours to complete the process. So it would take about a week. The data would be available, but performance would be slowed down.
The other option is to power down, pull all the disks (labeling their slot), insert the new drives and power up. Then restore the config and the data. The NAS will be unavailable for a while, but the total process will be quicker, and you end up with a clean setup.
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