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Aspirant

Jan 05, 2018

Ready NAS316 capacity

I have 2 x 12TB Hard disks and 4 x 6TB hard drives, Acknolwedges 12TB HD as 10.9 TB capacity but the whole volume only reads 27.27 TB. netgear raid calculator says it should read 32.7 TB. ...

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bedlam1

Prodigy

Jan 05, 2018

Are you using X-Raid = 32.7 TiB or Flex-Raid, RAID 5 = 27.2 TiB ?

Best switch to X-Raid I think using Admin Page System: Volumes

DSRedman
Aspirant
Jan 05, 2018
Hello Am using X-Raid

Firmware is 6.9.1
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Jan 05, 2018
  Did you reboot the NAS after the 12 TB drives synced? Usually that is needed to trigger vertical expansion.
  - DSRedman
    Aspirant
    Jan 05, 2018
    This is a fresh install due to chassis replacement