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Tensu
Jul 13, 2014Aspirant
RN104 Expansion
Hi, I have an RN104 that I would like to expand my volume on. I'm running OS 6 on it with 1 volume and one 4TB disk. It's currently in X-raid (RAID 1). Is there a way of changing it to RAID 0 wi...
StephenB
Jul 13, 2014Guru - Experienced User
Turn off XRAID, and add the second drive as jbod (creating two volumes).
Converting to RAID-5 later will require backing up data. If you can afford getting 2 drives now, then that is the most direct path.
BTW, even if you went with RAID-0 spanning both drives, it would not be straightforward to switch to RAID-5.
Converting to RAID-5 later will require backing up data. If you can afford getting 2 drives now, then that is the most direct path.
BTW, even if you went with RAID-0 spanning both drives, it would not be straightforward to switch to RAID-5.
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