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ReadyNAS 104 Convert X-Raid to Flex Raid - will it expand space for data?
Hi, Before I start, my NAS is a media server and im not really bothered about backup and data recovery on it as nothing on it is crutial that it is kept. Having said that I have a lot of data...
Adding another 2tb disk will expand your volume by 2tb and yes it will effectively be raid 5.
Toggling to flexraid will do nothing. The volume will stay as it is. You cannot change the raid level without destroying the volume.
I would advise against a single multi disk raid 0 volume as a single disk failure causes loss of the entire volume's data. Separate volumes on each disk is more sensible.
As you have an additional disk you could change to flex raid, add the disk and create a new single disk volume. Once the new volume is created, copy the existing data from the raid 1 volume onto the jbod volume, then destroy the raid 1 volume you have now, and use the 2 original disks to create 2 more jbod volumes. This will leave you with three 2 tb volumes, You can of course add a 4th.
Update your firmware before you start this.
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