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chsu83
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Mar 29, 2017
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ReadyNAS Volume not expanding - with encryption

Don't not the exact Pro 6 Model..   I've got a Pro6 with 2x 2TB and 2x 3TB   All worked fine except the XRAID2 isn't working.. at least not how expected. I've installed ReadyNAS OS6 with factor...
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    jak0lantash
    Mar 29, 2017

    md1 is the swap volume, so no need to touch that.

    If the volume is encrypted, X-RAID won't be able to create sub RAID arrays on unused disk capacity in case of mixed capacity HDDs. It's just not compatible.

    This is why the logs say "

    Skipping X-RAID auto-expansion on encrypted pool data

    Your solutions: use disks of the same capacity, or create separate encrypted volumes, or don't use volume encryption.

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