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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?
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
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.
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