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hank167
May 12, 2017Aspirant
ReadyNas 3220 OS6.2.4 w/ESXI 6.0
I have a ReadyNAS3220 that is low on space. It currently has 12 4TB drives in a RAID6 configuration. Can I add larger drives to this WITHOUT data loss or rebuilding the array? I have found informa...
hank167
May 12, 2017Aspirant
I don't know where that OS version came from; my system reports it's running 6.7.1 with no updates available.
evan2
May 13, 2017NETGEAR Expert
6.7.1 is the latest OS.
- jak0lantashMay 14, 2017Mentor
During the resync/expansion of the volume, the performance may be impacted. You may get lower throughput and higher latency. The resync will take hours to complete, and more if the volume is under load. This is something to keep in mind for your datastore(s).
As well as taking a backup, maybe you want to Storage vMotion your most critical and/or latency sensitive VMs to another storage prior to the operation.
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