Hi Guys, I had intalled 8TB X 3 hard drives earlier, now i want to install 3 more hard drives. If i add the hard drive now will it effect the old data?

Hi, What is RAID level set to? X-RAID? If so, X-RAID will just expand your RAID automatically when inserting the additional disk, without you needing to do anything else. Also, your current data will be intact, however you should always keep a backup just in case! Insert the new disks one at a time and let it sync --> then insert the next drive, etc. Cheers

Sac93 wrote: Sorry, I meant to say, can i expand any of the current partition without any data loss? I don't know what you mean by "partition". The disks will be added to your existing data volume if you follow the procedure Hopchen gave you. There normally isn't any data loss. But if disks fail during the resync, the volume isn't protected - so I always do recommend a backup before manipulating disks.

You might consider adding the last disk for redundancy (which would give your RAID-6). You'd have 32 TB of storage instead of 40, but protection against two disk failures.

Thank you Hopchen,So can i expand the present volume without any data loss?

Sac93 wrote: So can i expand the present volume without any data loss? Yes, just follow the procedure Hopchen gave you. You can hot-insert the disks, there is no need to shut down the NAS.

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Hopchen
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Jul 28, 2017
Hi,

What is RAID level set to? X-RAID?

If so, X-RAID will just expand your RAID automatically when inserting the additional disk, without you needing to do anything else. Also, your current data will be intact, however you should always keep a backup just in case!

Insert the new disks one at a time and let it sync --> then insert the next drive, etc.

Cheers
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Jul 28, 2017
  You might consider adding the last disk for redundancy (which would give your RAID-6). You'd have 32 TB of storage instead of 40, but protection against two disk failures.
- Sac93
  Aspirant
  Jul 29, 2017
  Thank you Hopchen,
  So can i expand the present volume without any data loss?
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jul 29, 2017
    Sac93 wrote:
    
    So can i expand the present volume without any data loss?
    
    Yes, just follow the procedure Hopchen gave you. You can hot-insert the disks, there is no need to shut down the NAS.

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