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New 316 (diskless) and upgrading to 6.2 before I start
Just purchased a 316 to replace an original Readynas, I also have a Readynas Pro Pioneer edition too. The diskless 316 box is labelled as having V6.1.6 firmware Questions: Should I upgrade to V...
It almost always completes much faster than the estimate, but probably will take longer than the original 12 hours. All the data is being shifted around to create space for the "Q" parity blocks, which are being computed and written. If you look at the pictures for raid-5 and raid-6 here you will get some sense of the work involved: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels
It is a low-priority background process, so if the NAS is doing other stuff it will take longer than if it is otherwise idle.
Leave it overnight at least before you panic.
It is a low-priority background process, so if the NAS is doing other stuff it will take longer than if it is otherwise idle.
Leave it overnight at least before you panic.
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