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Problem: X-RAID vertical expansion - swapping in disk smaller than largest in array.
I am running the lastest OS 6.10.8 on a 6-bay NetGear NAS. I have a problem with vertical expansion. It is not giving me the extra capacity I calculated it should be giviing me. BEFORE: 6 dri...
Thank you so much for your detailed explanation StephenB
Very much appreciate your expert help on this.
I will do a factory default as the next step, since that is the simplest choice, once I finish with a lengthy backup. Hopefully that will solve the problem. But I really hate losing snapshots this way, and guessing there is no way to preserve them. They can of course not be copied, that I found out already.
Readynaspro wrote:
I will do a factory default as the next step, since that is the simplest choice, once I finish with a lengthy backup. Hopefully that will solve the problem.
That will work, and give you the final partition table in my explanation.
Future upgrades of the smaller drives could then use 10 TB, 16 TB, or 18 TB sizes.
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