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Aspirant

Jul 28, 2017

ReadyNAS 526X

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?

Adding Disks

Hopchen

Prodigy

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.
  - Sac93
    Aspirant
    Jul 29, 2017
    Sorry, I meant to say, can i expand any of the current partition without any data loss?