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ReadyNAS Pro BE X-raid volume expansion OS 6
I am not familiar with X-raid automated volume expansion. The NAS currently running OS 6.10.6 and has three 10TB drives. When I created a volume, I think the only options were RAID 5 and RAID 0...
pbsnpr wrote:
1. If I destroy the volume, would I be able to create a single volume X-Raid with three 10TB in bays 1-3 and two 4TB in bays 4-5?
Yes. (and the slot order doesn't matter).
What you'd have is a volume with two RAID groups concatenated together. The first RAID group would be 5x4TB RAID-5 (taking the first 4 TB of the three 10 TB disks). The second RAID group would be 3x6TB RAID-5 (taking the remaining 6 TB of those 10 TB drives). Capacity would be 28 TB (~25.5 TiB)
The easiest way is to use the "Perform Factory Default" control on the system->settings->update page with all the drives in place. This will reformat the drives, do a completely clean install, and create the XRAID volume described able.
pbsnpr wrote:
3. Would adding the 4TB drives unfavorable for the NAS in terms of performace or future expansion?
No.
pbsnpr wrote:
1. If I destroy the volume, would I be able to create a single volume X-Raid with three 10TB in bays 1-3 and two 4TB in bays 4-5?
Yes. (and the slot order doesn't matter).
What you'd have is a volume with two RAID groups concatenated together. The first RAID group would be 5x4TB RAID-5 (taking the first 4 TB of the three 10 TB disks). The second RAID group would be 3x6TB RAID-5 (taking the remaining 6 TB of those 10 TB drives). Capacity would be 28 TB (~25.5 TiB)
The easiest way is to use the "Perform Factory Default" control on the system->settings->update page with all the drives in place. This will reformat the drives, do a completely clean install, and create the XRAID volume described able.
pbsnpr wrote:
3. Would adding the 4TB drives unfavorable for the NAS in terms of performace or future expansion?
No.
Thank you StephenB for the explanation!
I just initiated a new volume with all 5 drives and is in resync.
so is it correct that if I want to add a drive to the bay 6, or if I need to replace a drive (in case of a drive failure of one of the 10TB or 4TB) it would need to be at least 4TB? or at least 10TB?
pbsnpr wrote:
so is it correct that if I want to add a drive to the bay 6, or if I need to replace a drive (in case of a drive failure of one of the 10TB or 4TB) it would need to be at least 4TB? or at least 10TB?
You can either
- add a 4 TB drive
- add a 10 TB or larger drive
intermediate sizes (6, 8 TB) can't be added.
Of course if you add > 10 TB only 10 TB will be used (until you upgrade another drive).
pbsnpr wrote:I just initiated a new volume with all 5 drives and is in resync.
Great. It will sync in two steps, so don't be surprised by that.
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