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READYNAS204 - how to stop sync
I have a readynas204 which has 2x3TB disks as a RAID-1, X-RAID configuration. I wanted to add 2x8TB disks as a separate RAID-1 volume. Adding the two new disks has triggered the NAS to reconfigure everything as a single RAID-5 volume, which is not what I want (it's a little annoying that NETGEAR assume you always want RAID 5 ratherthan asking). I have a backup of my data, so I'm happy to trash the current drives and rebuild - but the resync which I don't want or need is going to take 3 days and I can't find a way to stop it!
Two questions:
a) how do I abort the resync?
b) How do I force the NAS to give me two raid-1 volumes rather than a raid 5? (I don't want to get into a debate about the merits of each RAID type: two raid-1 volumes is what I want to achieve).
All advice greatefully received
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Deeley_s wrote:
a) how do I abort the resync?
Once started, you can't. And unfortunately there's no way to undo it. You'll need to
- back up the data
- uninstall any apps
- destroy the volume
- reconfigure the shares
- restore the data from backup
- reinstall any apps
You might as well do a factory default (with the original two disks in place).
Deeley_s wrote:
b) How do I force the NAS to give me two raid-1 volumes rather than a raid 5? (I don't want to get into a debate about the merits of each RAID type: two raid-1 volumes is what I want to achieve).
Switch to flexraid by clicking on the XRAID control in the volume tab. If the green stripe on the control isn't shown, then you are in flexraid mode.
Then you can hot-insert the new disks, select them and create a second volume. In this case you'll probably need to format them using the control on the volume tab (since the NAS will probably detect them as "used").
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