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Aspirant

May 15, 2016

RN 516 does not expand volume automatically

I have expanded my RN 516 installing 6 disks each one of 3TB capacity. I am using X-RAID, so I was expecting automatic expansion to what I would guess would be a total of abt. 14 TB. At the moment ...

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mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

May 16, 2016

Disks 4 and 5 are marked as spare. I have sent you a PM.

mscari

Aspirant

May 16, 2016

Hi, I am not sure what you mean by PM. Could you please advise?

Thank you,

Marco

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
May 16, 2016
mscari wrote:

Hi, I am not sure what you mean by PM.

Private Message The message link is on the upper right of the forum page (below "SUPPORT").
- mscari
  Aspirant
  May 16, 2016
  Got it, thanks, I thought it was a Private Message but thought it was a direct email, not through the portal.
  In any case I replied to your PM and also sent agreement to the policy.
  Thanks,
  Marco
  - mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    May 17, 2016
    The volume is reshaping. Once this completes expansion should then take place.