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Request for advice on expanding NV+ RND4000 disks
I have read through several threads but have not been able to find what I'm looking for. Apologies in advance if I miss a post that would have answered my request.
I have an NV+ V1, with 4 x 500Gb drives (Seagate ST3500630NS) running RAIDiator 4.1.6
It is also configured for X-RAID.
I recently received an alert that I should be prepared to replace one of the disks.
I was thinking that it might make send to upgrade the disks to the max of 2TB each.
Could anyone advise if I can replace one drive at a time with a 2TB drive (from the recommended drive list) and allow the system to resync between each replacement.
Will the system automatically reconfigure to the new 2TB disk sizes?
Thank you!
Avinash
@Joe-90
Yes your NAS is configured on X-RAID so it will automatically expand your volume as soon as the the last disk re-sync completes. See OS 4 Manual page 18. You have to replace the failing disk first and let it re-sync then proceed with the 3 other disks one at a time. With OS 6 Increase in storage space will start once 2nd disk replaced on RAID 5 Config has finished re-syncing.
Also, backing up your data before expnading is also advised and best practice.
HTH
Regards
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@Joe-90
Yes your NAS is configured on X-RAID so it will automatically expand your volume as soon as the the last disk re-sync completes. See OS 4 Manual page 18. You have to replace the failing disk first and let it re-sync then proceed with the 3 other disks one at a time. With OS 6 Increase in storage space will start once 2nd disk replaced on RAID 5 Config has finished re-syncing.
Also, backing up your data before expnading is also advised and best practice.
HTH
Regards
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