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Expanding a ReadyNas Ultra 2
Hi, I'm new. I have a ReadyNas Ultra 2 with two 2Tb discs and I'm interested in increase the capacity to 6Tb changin the current 2Tb discs for two 3Tb discs. I do not need to preserve de data in the...
Hi,
I have a similar question regarding capacity expansion.
Until recently I had only one 2TB hdd in my Ultra 2 readynas. I've got Raidar 4.3.8.
I recently purchased one 3TB hdd and wanted to change 2TB for 3TB.
I inserted new hdd in and NAS made a copy. That is probably because my settings are: Configuration: RAID Level X-RAID2, 2 disks Status: Redundant.
Now if I remove the smaller 2tb hdd, nas keeps blinking on slot 1.
What I wanted to do is to copy only certain files from one HDD to the other and remove the first one. I would much prefer configuration where I could eventually have 6tb capacity, not 3tb+backup. There are also a few files on my 2TB hdd, which cannot be deleted, renamed or moved and I wanted to get rid of them. Unfortunatelly NAS copied them all to the new hdd.
I tryed to delete them by removing one hdd and connecting it directly to my PC. While hdd seem to work it was not recognised as a volume in my windows. Probably because it is formated for Linux??
I would like to use just one HDD in my NAS, with posibility to expand storage. Volume settings cannot be changed ATM. Should I just remove one disk and ignore blinking or should I perform factory default and start all over. As I understood I should go for FLEX configuration not XRAID 2 if I want to add storage?
Another question how to get rid of files/folders that cannot be deleted?
I have a similar question regarding capacity expansion.
Until recently I had only one 2TB hdd in my Ultra 2 readynas. I've got Raidar 4.3.8.
I recently purchased one 3TB hdd and wanted to change 2TB for 3TB.
I inserted new hdd in and NAS made a copy. That is probably because my settings are: Configuration: RAID Level X-RAID2, 2 disks Status: Redundant.
Now if I remove the smaller 2tb hdd, nas keeps blinking on slot 1.
What I wanted to do is to copy only certain files from one HDD to the other and remove the first one. I would much prefer configuration where I could eventually have 6tb capacity, not 3tb+backup. There are also a few files on my 2TB hdd, which cannot be deleted, renamed or moved and I wanted to get rid of them. Unfortunatelly NAS copied them all to the new hdd.
I tryed to delete them by removing one hdd and connecting it directly to my PC. While hdd seem to work it was not recognised as a volume in my windows. Probably because it is formated for Linux??
I would like to use just one HDD in my NAS, with posibility to expand storage. Volume settings cannot be changed ATM. Should I just remove one disk and ignore blinking or should I perform factory default and start all over. As I understood I should go for FLEX configuration not XRAID 2 if I want to add storage?
Another question how to get rid of files/folders that cannot be deleted?
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