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InterClaw
Sep 13, 2012Aspirant
Move from 6x2TB to 6x3TB
I'm not sure my current setup is okay to xraid my way onto 3TB drives (WD RED WD30EFRX). I don't remember, but I fear my current file system cannot handle larger drives than I have. What informatio...
mdgm-ntgr
Sep 13, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
Best option would be to backup your data and do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) with the new drives in place and restore from backup. A factory default would give you a clean setup on the firmware you're running. It would also give you the opportunity to move to X-RAID2 dual-redundancy (you can select this option via RAIDar when doing a factory default) which I'd really recommend.
Your current volume would be EXT3 mounted as EXT4.
Your current volume would be EXT3 mounted as EXT4.
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