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ReadyNAS Duo, Adding 2nd disk as ACTUAL 2nd disk?
Hello dear ReadyNAS users, I have a question I could not find the answer to here in the forums or the documentation. Can I add a second disk to a ReadyNAS Duo as an ACTUAL second disk? As far as...
Thanks for the reply, but I think that's not exactly what I am trying to do.
I would like to add a second disk to a single disk ReadyNAS, leaving the original disk (/C/) totally untouched and have the second disk act as a new/separate disk by itself, probably /D/. I think the topic you mean will set up the second disc as a mirror of the first one (RAID 1) or merge the two together (RAID 0) destroying all the data that is already on the first disc.
The topic you pointed me to has another question from me, which is regarding my own new NAS and the wish to upgrade it with two 2 TB disks. The question I put in here is about someone elses NAS (that I take care of) that already has a lot a data on it.
But reading through the topics anyhow, I am starting to think it is not possible to have two totally independent disks in the ReadyNAS Duo and that my only option is to backup the entire (one disk) NAS and do a factory reset with the second disk added and set it up using Flex-RAID.
Thanks for the reply anyhow.
I would like to add a second disk to a single disk ReadyNAS, leaving the original disk (/C/) totally untouched and have the second disk act as a new/separate disk by itself, probably /D/. I think the topic you mean will set up the second disc as a mirror of the first one (RAID 1) or merge the two together (RAID 0) destroying all the data that is already on the first disc.
The topic you pointed me to has another question from me, which is regarding my own new NAS and the wish to upgrade it with two 2 TB disks. The question I put in here is about someone elses NAS (that I take care of) that already has a lot a data on it.
But reading through the topics anyhow, I am starting to think it is not possible to have two totally independent disks in the ReadyNAS Duo and that my only option is to backup the entire (one disk) NAS and do a factory reset with the second disk added and set it up using Flex-RAID.
Thanks for the reply anyhow.
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