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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".
Hey thanks! I will look for a Scratch Disk - I guess one of my old laptops can be useful.
So basically I setup the NAS with this Scratch Disk and then downgrade / upgrade firmware based on this disk in the Unit. And then insert my original disks and they should be able to create the same old volume that I had. I guess this should sum up what you have suggested.
Will try this and will get back in a few days.
Once again - much appreciated.
Manav S
So basically I setup the NAS with this Scratch Disk and then downgrade / upgrade firmware based on this disk in the Unit. And then insert my original disks and they should be able to create the same old volume that I had. I guess this should sum up what you have suggested.
Will try this and will get back in a few days.
Once again - much appreciated.
Manav S
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