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ReadyNAS 426 - increasing capacity to existing full unit
I have the ReadyNAS 426 with 6 x 6TB drives configured with X-Raid Raid 5. I currently am at 79\80% capacity
I have replaced one drive with a 10TB capacity. The unity resynced and the drives are working and showing in the interface.
I however have no additonal space. The log after resyncing shows 80% capacity.
My intent is to quarterly add a new 10 TB drive until all 6 are replaced.
Is there something else I must do to see the extra capacity. Or is there another more appropriate approach?
When you are on XRAID mode and added 1st HDD of 10TB , There will be no additional capacity seen after Sync . Volume should be same around 27T even now . Space increase will be seen from the next drive added . Add the next 10TB , You should see a 3.6T increase in Space (Approx 30.5T) and the same will follow for the rest drives when repalced . This would happen only when the XRAID is on .
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When you are on XRAID mode and added 1st HDD of 10TB , There will be no additional capacity seen after Sync . Volume should be same around 27T even now . Space increase will be seen from the next drive added . Add the next 10TB , You should see a 3.6T increase in Space (Approx 30.5T) and the same will follow for the rest drives when repalced . This would happen only when the XRAID is on .
Thanks. So I put the 2nd 10TB drive into the RN426 and after it synced the space increased.
I moved the previous 6TB drivesn in to my RN214 that was 4x2TB. I put them in one at a time, and synced between. The second drive/synced just finished and no addtional space. Showing 5. 44TB.
This is small enough I could move the data and preprovision. Is that my only option?
I found my problem. IT was on flex raid not x-raid. switched, and it's fine now.
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