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depitropov
Aspirant
May 30, 2016
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RN204 Adding a 2nd smaller disk

Hi Guys,   New one here. I have ready nas 204 with one 4TB disk. I've set it up some time ago and now I've freed one old 500gb disk. I would like to use the 500gb as a backup. I want to make weekly...
Adding Disks
  • Danthem's avatar
    Danthem
    May 30, 2016

    Yeah, you're on the right track.

     

    1. Switch to flex raid (your data on the 4TB drive will not be affected)
    2. Add new disk
    3. On the volume page,create a new volume with the new smaller disk

     

     

Danthem's avatar
Danthem
NETGEAR Employee
May 30, 2016

Yeah, you're on the right track.

 

  1. Switch to flex raid (your data on the 4TB drive will not be affected)
  2. Add new disk
  3. On the volume page,create a new volume with the new smaller disk

 

 

JennC's avatar
JennC
NETGEAR Employee Retired
May 31, 2016

Hello depitropov,

 

Data stored to the existing disk that is configured as XRAID which I believe is RAID1 should stay intact when you switch over to FlexRAID and add the 2nd disk. You can set it as JBOD instead so the 2nd disk volume is separated from the 1st disk's. But then again, we always strongly recommend to always have full backup of the data.

 

Regards,

 

 

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