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ReadyNas Duo Vs 1 Seagate Disks
Our Disk 1 Seagate 250GB disk has died and we have to replace it. Disk 2 is still ok. Can we replace this with a bigger disk (ie 1 TB), or does it have to be another 250gb?
After updating from 4.1.6 to 4.1.15 the new disk has been recognised and the volume is currently resyncing.
You can replace it with 1 TB (or even a 2 TB) disk, but the volume won't expand unless you replace the second disk with one of the same size.
Thanks so much Stephen, much appreciated. We'll go and get one now!
I recommend NAS-purposed drives (WDC Red or Seagate IronWolf).
We have the Seagate Barracuda at the moment, we rang a supplier and they said they had a 1TB in the Seagate, they didn't actually say what it was. I'll get my boss to see if they have the IronWolf when he gets there. Thanks
Hello JanDandridge,
Expanding the volume with an old firmware is a bit hard and risky. The latest is already 4.1.15, by the way.
I suppose you have XRAID configured on the NAS? If you have an old firmware, you may need to upgrade it but before doing so, please back up the data while you still can access them as it may be best to factory reset after inserting the disks that you would like to use
Regards,
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