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Using a ReadyNAS 2100 v2. Got 4x 1TB HDD running RAID 5.
Im totally new to this NAS and RAID stuff.
Can I just swap out one of the HDD to a bigger one? Will I loose data? Currently using about 75% storage.
Thanks.
Im totally new to this NAS and RAID stuff.
Can I just swap out one of the HDD to a bigger one? Will I loose data? Currently using about 75% storage.
Thanks.
You cannot replace two at the same time,. You would need to swap out one, wait for the RAID to re-sync, the swap another and wait for a re-sync and then the expansion.
Frankly, other than to test out the NAS, using 1TB drives was probably a bad idea. IMHO, your best bet is to start over. Back up your data and start over with two drives in XRAID where each one is at least big enough for your current needs. That will give you a RAID1 the size of one of the drives. But when you need more space, you just insert one more of the same size and it changes to RAID5, expanding by the size of the drive. Then you still have an empty slot to do the same again when you need more. In today's market, I wouldn't start with anything less than 8TB drives.
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Tristyd wrote:
Using a ReadyNAS 2100 v2. Got 4x 1TB HDD running RAID 5.
Can I just swap out one of the HDD to a bigger one? Will I loose data? Currently using about 75% storage.FlexRAID? Or the default X-RAID? X-RAID supports unequal-size disks, FlexRAID does not. You need to swap out at least two HDD with the larger size to get expansion. Do this one at a time - waiting for the volume to resync before you replace the second one.
The volume has no RAID redundancy during expansion, so if one of the remaining drives fails you will lost data. Netgear recommends making sure you have an up-to-date backup before you begin. (FWIW, I think you should always have an up-to-date backup, since RAID is not enough to keep your data safe).
Are you running 4.2.x firmware? Or was your NAS converted to run OS 6?
- It says I’m on Flex raid. On OS 6.. it says it’s happy to change to X-Raid for expansion no idea what will happen to my data if I did this.
What options have I got? Haha
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