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Could not see this particular problem, forgive me if I have missed it and started another thread for nothing. I have a new RN104, I started it for the first time with a new 4TB disk and followed the ...
- With RAID-1 the two disks are mirrored, so adding the second drive does not add capacity - it adds redundancy. If you hot-insert a third 4 TB drive the space will increase to 7.2 TiB, and the NAS will switch to RAID-5. You still have redundancy which protects against a single drive failure.
If you wanted jbod (no RAID) then you should start over with another factory reset (with only one drive installed), switch to FLEXRAID/JBOD, and hot-insert the second drive.
Adding a new disk to the RN104 is easy, I am puzzled by your comment on "not simple to add more disks".
Thanks I will do as you say. I thought just adding new disks would change the volume and expand the capacity instantly, I did not think it out, with some of the operating system using the disks.
I will take out both disks, do a factory reset, switch from RAID. Where can I find the exact procedure for hot-insert, I want to get it right, power on or off etc.
I will take out both disks, do a factory reset, switch from RAID. Where can I find the exact procedure for hot-insert, I want to get it right, power on or off etc.
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