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How to increase RAID 1 volume capacity? [RESOLVED]
If have been trying to confirm the procedure on how to increase the disk capacity of a RAID 1 pair in a ReadyNAS NV+ running Radiator 4.1.8. The situation: (1) I have a ReadyNAS NV+ running Radia...
This is how it worked for me to replace a 500GB RAID 1 pair in slots 3 and 4 with a 2TB RAID 1 pair in a NV+:
(1) did a backup of the 500GB disks and verified that the backup is good
(2) deleted the shares on the 500GB RAID 1 pair
(3) used Frontpanel/Volume menu to (virtuelly) remove one disk from the 500GB RAID 1 pair. I do not know if this step is really necessary. After this step, one disk appeared as available for use as a hot-swap
(4) deleted the volume(s) on the remaining 500GB disk => the "add volume"/"Laufwerk hinzufügen" tap appeared and offered the two 500GB disks in slots 3 and 4 as disks which are available to create a new volume.
(5) shut down the NV+
(6) physically remove the 500GB disks in slots 3+4
(7) insert the new 2TB disks in slots 3+4
(8) used Frontpanel/Volume menu to create a new RAID 1 volume on the 2TB disks
(9) restarted NV+ to create volume and synchronize disks
(10) recreated shares on the new volume
(11) restored contents of the recreated shares from the backup
(1) did a backup of the 500GB disks and verified that the backup is good
(2) deleted the shares on the 500GB RAID 1 pair
(3) used Frontpanel/Volume menu to (virtuelly) remove one disk from the 500GB RAID 1 pair. I do not know if this step is really necessary. After this step, one disk appeared as available for use as a hot-swap
(4) deleted the volume(s) on the remaining 500GB disk => the "add volume"/"Laufwerk hinzufügen" tap appeared and offered the two 500GB disks in slots 3 and 4 as disks which are available to create a new volume.
(5) shut down the NV+
(6) physically remove the 500GB disks in slots 3+4
(7) insert the new 2TB disks in slots 3+4
(8) used Frontpanel/Volume menu to create a new RAID 1 volume on the 2TB disks
(9) restarted NV+ to create volume and synchronize disks
(10) recreated shares on the new volume
(11) restored contents of the recreated shares from the backup
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