How to configure Duo as Non-RAID

BogilyG wrote:

I have a ReadyNAS Duo which came with a single 1 TB drive. I want to upgrade it to 2 TB. The forum FAQ has the following question and answer: » Does ReadyNAS support JBOD or some sort of non-RAID setup? ReadyNAS does not support JBOD, however, you can create a RAID 0 striped volume across all four disks or create a separate RAID 0 volume on each disk. From this I assumed (oops) that this meant that I could add a second 1 TB drive and have the pair of 1 TB drives act like a single 2 TB volume. I could not figure out a way to do this. I installed the second drive, but it was just synchronized with the first, and I can't find any way to change this. Can anyone direct me on how to accomplish taking the second drive out of RAID configuration and making it extra storage instead? I am using RAIDar 4.01 Thanks.

Thanks to both dbott67 and mdgm I recently was able to to do exactly what you are trying to do. As is mentioned, you will have to back up your data first. In my case that was easy because I bought a second DUO. :D I now have two DUOs each with 2 x 1TB drives with a total of 4TB (nominal) storage. I now have what I consider true redundancy/backup as I have the two DUOs "rsync" each other for all my critical data. A large bulk of what is stored are DVD images so I don't need to back up those as I have the DVDs to go back to if needed. It is comforting to know if for any reason (other than theft or fire) one of the DUOs crashes, I have lost NOTHING. :D