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ReadyNAS 628 expansion not starting
ReadyNAS 628x running firmware 6.10.8 in RAID6
NAS has operated flawlessly for many years with eight (8) 14TB drives.
A recent drive failure led me upgrade to:
Four (4) 14TB drives
Four (4) 24TB drives
I added the 24TB drives one at a time and waited for it to finish sync before adding the next.
After adding the fourth 24TB drive, no expansion occurred (I expected to gain 20TB)
At this point I noticed the NAS seemed to be in Flex-RAID mode instead of X-RAID. I am not sure why it would be in Flex-RAID mode.
I switched it to X-RAID in the hope expansion would occur. It did not.
I rebooted it, thinking that may spur expansion but it seems not to have.
At this point I'm unsure how to proceed.
Thanks in advance for suggestions!
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At this point I'm unsure how to proceed.
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