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Aspirant

Nov 09, 2020

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ReadyNAS disk addition

Hi All, We have a ReadyNAS4312 which is currently running with 12TBx8 Hdd's. I am planning to add 4 more 12TB disk drives to free slots My question is:- 1- Do we need to shutdown and add the drive...

StephenB
Nov 10, 2020

Partha-Dash wrote:

StephenB

Thanks for the suggesstions. I have attached a screenshot of the NAS. I think the X-RAID is currenlty OFF. Can you please verify

Yes, it is off. Here's what it looks like when on:

If you want multiple volumes, you might want to review the software manual section on FlexRAID first. https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/READYNAS_OS_6_SM_EN.pdf

Partha-Dash

Aspirant

Nov 16, 2020

StephenB I have one more Question- Is it ok to add all the new 4 disks at a time or advisable to add one at a time?

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Nov 16, 2020

You can add them all at once. Then create new volume(s) - one at a time - selecting the disks you want in each.

Partha-Dash
Aspirant
Nov 17, 2020
Thanks StephenB
- Partha-Dash
  Aspirant
  Nov 18, 2020
  Partha-Dash wrote:
  Thanks StephenB
  
  StephenB i added just one disk to see how much time does this NAS takes to sync. It's been close to 48hrs and still it is syncing
  with this speed if it goes then it will take weeks to sync all disks(if i add one by one or at a time)
  Can you please advice something here
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 18, 2020
    Partha-Dash wrote:
    
    I added just one disk to see how much time does this NAS takes to sync. It's been close to 48hrs and still it is syncing
    with this speed if it goes then it will take weeks to sync all disks(if i add one by one or at a time)
    
    Can you please advice something here
    
    If you are using XRAID (or expanding a flexraid volume), then the sync happens one disk at a time. That can take a long time, and in many cases it is faster to start over with a new volume (for instance doing a factory reset).
    
    I was under the impression that you were going to create a new volume via FlexRAID. In that situation, the volume could have been created all at once (without multiple syncs).