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Dr_T_
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Nov 11, 2013

From 2x2TB and 2x1TB to 4x2TB: Only 4625GB available

Hi,
I expand my ReadyNAS NVX (RAIDiator 4.2.24) from 2x1TB and 2x1TB to now 4x2TB (X-Raid2)
So now i Use 4x 2TB Harddrives with each 1863GB. But I got the info, that only 4625 GB are available.
What's wrong? Around 900GB were missing ...
I disabled SnapShots some years ago. For TimeMachine 1500GB are reserved.

Thanks for help
Dr.T.

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  • OK, I had wondered why there was no Respriping information came up after changing the first disk. Only resync started. But I did not care about, because I just changed the first 1TB to a 2TB disk. After i changed the second disk respriping information came up.
    But now I have fear about my data. How could all data be not corrupt, when disk 1 isn't used? (At the time I changed the second disk).

    I will check if removing and reinsering will help ...

    Many thanks to you! (I know why I still use Netgear !)
  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Disk 1 is used for /dev/md2 (the first layer on which your data volume resides) still. It just hasn't been used for vertical expansion. That's why you had less expansion than anticipated.
  • And you think a manual removing will help? Or should I first delete all data before I put the HDD back?
  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Manual removing and reinsertion while the NAS is on may help. The disk will be wiped and added back into the array.
  • Now the resync and resprining finalized! And now I received the message : extended to 5553 GB!

    Thank you very much! You solved it.
    You can close this post now.

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