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Rynar401
Jan 14, 2012Aspirant
How can I upgrade 4 HDs with 3 HDs?
Ok, so I bought 4 1.5 Terrabyte hard drives with my ReadyNAS NVX pioneer addition server. I was having a lot of disconnect issues and hanging issues as well as very poor performance on the server. F...
PapaBear1
Jan 19, 2012Apprentice
Rynar401 wrote: After I sell these 4 WD drives I am ordering my last seagate and will post an update on the the systems performance.
That could be a problem. In order to sell the 4 drives you have to remove the fourth drive from the array. At that point your volume will not longer be redundant and at risk until the replacement 2TB drive (not ordered until paid for the four drives) arrives and is inserted and successfully resynched.
I would make sure you have a current and complete backup before you remove the fourth drive. Remember Murphy is always lurking and when your data is at risk is when he likes to strike.
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