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ReadyNAS Duo v2 - can't add a second disk
Hello, closed thread found for this problem: i can not add a second disk for my ReadyNAS Duo v2. Two types of disk also been tried: WDC WD5000AAKX, Samsung HD103SJ. That's all I can see in the l...
You factory defaulted this unit in Flex-RAID, not X-RAID. X-RAID would expand your disks to 2 disk expansion. As such, you're currently using a RAID 0 and can't expand that. You should backup your data, factory default, and use X-RAID if you want redundancy. If you want another RAID 0 and possible risk of losing all of your data, then you should factory default with both disks in place and use Flex-RAID to choose your RAID option. Your other option right now is to add the new disk as a new volume.
The messages you are getting about resyncing arrays is because we add the OS and swap partitions to your new disk and resync those for redundancy of those options. We wouldn't do anything with the data volume area in Flex-RAID.
Hi Do-It-Yourself,
Welcome to the community!
Which RAID is in running your system? Also, kindly send me a PM together with the serial number of your system.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
Thanks for the quick response, I sent the PM with SN.
I use JBOD with one disk (WDC WD20EARX), and now i want to add a second disk.
StephenB: tried both, but none of them work.
Currently installed:
| Disk 1 | WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 1863 GB (34 °C / 93 °F, Write-cache On). Status: OK |
| Disk 2 | WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0 465 GB (35 °C / 95 °F, Write-cache On). Status: OK |
Are you running 4.1.x or 5.x firmware?
Also, you are saying you chose flexraid when you set up the NAS?
Normally with flexraid after you add the disk, you'd select it and create the volume.
Looking at the Serial Number this is a Duo v2 (runs 5.3.x).
The problem could be that the disk you tried to add is smaller than the existing disk in the NAS.
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