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Questions about OS 6
After reading up on Btrfs, I also do NOT understand the logic in not allowing current ARM and x86 Series owners to upgrade to OS 6. Since Btrfs can do “In-place ext3/4 conversion” (see: https://en.wi...
Yes you can create larger volumes that 16TB, but with the tools present in 4.2.x you need to do a factory reset (wipes all data, settings, everything) with disks in place to get a X-RAID2 volume larger than 16TB in capacity.
With the new versions of the tools you can expand an existing volume beyond 16TB. However the new tools only create/expand new filesystems not those created with the tools present in 4.2.x.
The new versions of the tools have only become available relatively recently.
The expansion limitations present in 4.2.x are:
1. Cannot expand a volume by more than 8TB over the life of the volume.
2. Cannot expand an existing volume to a capacity greater than 16TB.
With the new versions of the tools you can expand an existing volume beyond 16TB. However the new tools only create/expand new filesystems not those created with the tools present in 4.2.x.
The new versions of the tools have only become available relatively recently.
The expansion limitations present in 4.2.x are:
1. Cannot expand a volume by more than 8TB over the life of the volume.
2. Cannot expand an existing volume to a capacity greater than 16TB.
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