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ssands
Mar 15, 2016Guide
Ultra 2 - RAID 0 volume not expanding
Hi all, Apologies in advance if this is covered elsewhere, but I did not find it. I have an Ultra 2 with Frontview 4.2.26 (I think that's correct, it's not in front of me now, but it is the l...
- Mar 16, 2016
Hi ssands,
Welcome to the community!
If the RAID volume is set to 0 and you started with just single (1) drive and planning to add a new one, there's no other way but to back up the data and reset the system with both drives installed.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
BrianL2
Mar 16, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi ssands,
Welcome to the community!
If the RAID volume is set to 0 and you started with just single (1) drive and planning to add a new one, there's no other way but to back up the data and reset the system with both drives installed.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
ssands
Mar 16, 2016Guide
Thanks for the response.
Probably too much of a hassle to backup somewhere (I use the cloud backup for emergencies). So, I guess I'll just go with two distinct volumes.
Was this somewhere in the manuals and I missed it, or it is just a limitation learned by hard knocks?
Thanks again.
Stu
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