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Renaming a HDD
Hey guys, I know you cannot rename a HDD from within the ReadyNAS administration panel itself but I was wondering if it is possible (without causing complications) to eject the drive, insert it i...
Thanks for the reply
The whole reason why I asked is because I kept my first HDD named as 'data' which I believe is the default name. If I put a brand new HDD in another bay will it cause issues? I can't remember if I had to format the drive (hence getting the chance to name it) before use or if it worked from the get go which if so would be an issue as both drives would be 'data'
The whole reason why I asked is because I kept my first HDD named as 'data' which I believe is the default name. If I put a brand new HDD in another bay will it cause issues? I can't remember if I had to format the drive (hence getting the chance to name it) before use or if it worked from the get go which if so would be an issue as both drives would be 'data'
If using X-RAID a brand new disk would be wiped and you'd get a RAID-1 mirror. The same data would be on both disks. Note that backups are still important. Don't store important data on just the one device.
If not using X-RAID there would be no data volume on the new disk by default and you could create one with the name you want (must be a different name to the existing data volume).
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