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Aspirant

Jan 25, 2018

Solved

expanding readynas NV+ horizontaly

I'm looking to expand my readynas.

It currently configured as X-Raid with 2 disks, both 1TB drives.

I have a 3rd 1TB drive I would like to add.

I understand the system adds the drive and does a sync. Do I have to prepare the new drive before adding it? Does it need to be wiped/formatted?

Installation & Upgrade

StephenB
Jan 25, 2018
CWatts wrote:

So the data on this drive will not interfere with the current raid

Correct. It will be synced to the array, which will then be converted from 2x1TB RAID-1 to 3x1TB RAID-5. Your volume size will double.

During the processing, the performance will be slower than usual.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 25, 2018
CWatts wrote:

Do I have to prepare the new drive before adding it? Does it need to be wiped/formatted?

No. With your NAS you can just hot-insert it.
- CWatts
  Aspirant
  Jan 25, 2018
  Much appreciated.
  
  So the data on this drive will not interfere with the current raid, it will be just be assumed and overwritten.
  
  Thanks
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 25, 2018
    CWatts wrote:
    
    So the data on this drive will not interfere with the current raid
    
    Correct. It will be synced to the array, which will then be converted from 2x1TB RAID-1 to 3x1TB RAID-5. Your volume size will double.
    
    During the processing, the performance will be slower than usual.

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