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Readynas 204 Hot Swap Question
Hi, I have a dilemma which I am sure there is a simple explination but, here goes anyway.
I have a Readynas 204 with 4 x 4tb drives in raid 0 and I want to start upgrading them to 6tb or 8tb drives. Can I just pull one of the drives out, put a new larger capacity drive in, copy the data over from the almost full drive, pull the empty drive and re-instal the drive I pulled to make space for the larger?
Does that make sense?
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If you have only one volume, then you'll need to back everything up, Then
- destroy the current volume
- insert the new disk
- create a new volume
- reconfigure all the shares
- reinstall any apps
- restore the data from your backup
If you have four volumes (which is much better), then you need to back up the volume you are upgrading. Then
destroy that volume
- insert the new disk
- create the new volume
- reconfigure the shares on that volume.
- restore the data from the backup.
Using redundant RAID makes expansion much simpler.
Thanks for the reply.
I am making my methodology overcomplicated but basically, what I am trying to do is transfer the data on a full drive onto a new higher capacity drive using the nas itself but, I have 4 drives populating the nas already.
What I want to know is, what will happen if I pull a working drive/ volume out of the nas to make space for the new drive, transfer the data and pull the old drive out. Then re-instal the drive I had to pull in the begining.
Will the drive function as before? Will I lose the data?
pyschometal wrote:
I am making my methodology overcomplicated but basically, what I am trying to do is transfer the data on a full drive onto a new higher capacity drive using the nas itself but, I have 4 drives populating the nas already.
What I want to know is, what will happen if I pull a working drive/ volume out of the nas to make space for the new drive, transfer the data and pull the old drive out. Then re-instal the drive I had to pull in the begining.
Will the drive function as before? Will I lose the data?
How many volumes do you have now? If you only have one RAID-0 volume on the volumes tab, then you will lose all your data when you remove one of the drives.
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