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Expanding volume on 626 - Raid 5 to Raid 6 not automatic
A quick note, the RN626X is not listed in the Model drop down when starting a new converstation. So I choose the 716X which is close enough. That said, I recently expanded the volume on my 626 from...
You had to disable X-RAID and choose the next disk added to add parity, add that disk and then you could have re-enabled X-RAID again.
Now all the drive bays are full it's too late to convert the existing volume to RAID-6.
It won't migrate to RAID-6 unless you tell it to. So now destroying the volume would be necessary to switch to RAID-6.
mdgm wrote:It won't migrate to RAID-6 unless you tell it to. So now destroying the volume would be necessary to switch to RAID-6.
That's a bummer since it would have been nice to know this in advance. I like the idea of having 2 redundant drives but not if I have to destroy the existing volume to achieve it. Although, Raid-5 does provide more volume so I guess that's a positive. Anyhow, what is the process to move from Raid-5 to Raid-6 should I want to do this in the future? I don't see Raid-6 as an option when clicking on X-Raid button. The only option is for Flex-Raid. I suspect a factor reset would get it done and the option for Raid-6 would be present then?
You had to disable X-RAID and choose the next disk added to add parity, add that disk and then you could have re-enabled X-RAID again.
Now all the drive bays are full it's too late to convert the existing volume to RAID-6.
mdgm wrote:You had to disable X-RAID and choose the next disk added to add parity, add that disk and then you could have re-enabled X-RAID again.
Now all the drive bays are full it's too late to convert the existing volume to RAID-6.
Ok, that wasn't clear when I added the 5th & 6th drives. It may be spelled out in the manual and I probably should have read that before proceeding. I actually took the 5th and 6th drives from my other NAS which resulted in the new NAS complaiing about the 3 volumes existing (these were created by my old NAS) on each drive. I had to remove all 3 volumes on each disk before the NAS would even consider the disks for expanding it's existing Raid-5 volume. In fact, it actually didn't enter the rsync/copy process on the 5th drive initially but began to work following a reboot. The 6th drive immediately entered the rsync process after removing the 3 volumes.
That said, how would I enable Raid-6 following a factory reset?
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