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Replace original removed HD after failed disk upgrade?
Hi, We have a ReadyNAS Duo which had 2 x Seagate 500GB HDs set up as a redundant RAID disk with 500GB available storage. It was becoming full, so I checked the hard disk compatibility list and orde...
I think you mean the volume size, not the share size.
If you only installed a single 2 TB drive, the volume should never have expanded. It is reasonable to expect that you could then reinstall a 500 GB drive, though I have never tried it. As I noted earlier, that was not guaranteed and might fail.
The process I recommended earlier in the thread (powering down the NAS, and installing the original drive in slot-1 with slot-2 empty) would have worked.
If you only installed a single 2 TB drive, the volume should never have expanded. It is reasonable to expect that you could then reinstall a 500 GB drive, though I have never tried it. As I noted earlier, that was not guaranteed and might fail.
The process I recommended earlier in the thread (powering down the NAS, and installing the original drive in slot-1 with slot-2 empty) would have worked.
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