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herbg
Tutor
Dec 19, 2020
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RN516 Expansion to 24TB?

I'm rapidly running out of storage space on my RN516, running OS 6.10.4.  I have about 1.64TB free of a total of 18.17TB of available space.  I'm running RAID 5 on 6 4TB hard drives.   I use this NAS...
  • herbg's avatar
    herbg
    Jan 01, 2021

    Thanks for the valuable tips on Snapshots.  I will make sure all 4 NAS's are setup this way.   I've schedule in Scrubbing, Defragmentation, and Balancing to run every 4 months, after an initial run in January!

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herbg
Tutor
Dec 20, 2020

Yes, I'm using X-RAID with the 6 4TB drives in Raid-5.

Is there a calculator or formula that I can use to determine the most economical path to expanding the volume?
If I'm replacing 2 drives in the NAS (one at a time, as you suggest), what is the impact of using a 6 TB vs 12TB
or even 16TB drives?  Trying to do some cost/benefit analysis on getting the most space.



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bedlam1
Prodigy
Dec 20, 2020

The Raid calculator is HERE 

  • herbg's avatar
    herbg
    Tutor
    Dec 20, 2020

    Perfect!  Although, I noticed it doesn't include 18TB harddrives yet!  

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      herbg
      Tutor
      Dec 20, 2020

      I'm using the ReadyNAS Pro RNDP 6350, running OS 6.10.4, as a backup to the RN516.  Any concerns about expanding the volume past the current 18TB (6 x 5TB X-RAID 5) as well?

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