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RN104 New Volume
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".
I have been looking for some help on the same lines -
I have a ReadyNas 104 which had the default XRaid setup with 2X3TB and a 4TB HDD Disks installed. My intial setup was 2X3TB and then I hot added a 4 TB drive. It seemed to increase the space as I remember. However after a few weeks of adding the 4TB, the unit developed minor power supply issue (not related to the additional storage in any case) and I received a new RN104 unit (replacement). The device arrives in a day, I have my old HDD with me (with all data) however now I am confused on how to setup this new device so that I do not lose any of my data and this volume can be rebuild the way it was with the previous setup I was running.
Anyone who has ever tried this ? Can someone give me some steps / guidance on how to go about setting this up ?
Much appreciate if anyone can help!!
Thanks
Manav
I have a ReadyNas 104 which had the default XRaid setup with 2X3TB and a 4TB HDD Disks installed. My intial setup was 2X3TB and then I hot added a 4 TB drive. It seemed to increase the space as I remember. However after a few weeks of adding the 4TB, the unit developed minor power supply issue (not related to the additional storage in any case) and I received a new RN104 unit (replacement). The device arrives in a day, I have my old HDD with me (with all data) however now I am confused on how to setup this new device so that I do not lose any of my data and this volume can be rebuild the way it was with the previous setup I was running.
Anyone who has ever tried this ? Can someone give me some steps / guidance on how to go about setting this up ?
Much appreciate if anyone can help!!
Thanks
Manav
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