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Ultra2 - wanting RAID-0, getting X-RAID2 - help!
Hello there, I've got a ReadyNAS Ultra 2 with one 3TB disk. It got filled with data, so I've decided to buy additional 3TB disk and (sadly) without RTFM, I installed it in the NAS. I was then greete...
elviso23 wrote:
Here's my idea for a quick solution - I'll be grateful if you'll prove me right or wrong here:
1. Pull the new disk out of the freeNAS
2. Format the pulled disk in a regular PC
3. Use the formatted disk in the PC that requires the storage (at the very moment, only one computer needs to use the required spare storage).
Will pulling the new disk out cause absolutely no harm to the data of the first disk (and its data), that's been originaly in the freeNAS? Since it's basically RAID1, it shouldn't, but I just want o be 100% sure if it's okay to perform such operation.
I think you meant ReadyNAS, not freeNAS.
Removing the new disk will give you a "degraded" volume warning, but the data will still be there (and accessible).
One way to switch over to JBOD is to
- Pull the new disk out of the NAS
- Format the pulled disk in a regular PC
- Copy the data on the NAS to the new disk over the network.
- Rebuild the NAS as flexraid (RAID-0) with a single disk
- Restore the data on the NAS using the backup
- Add the new disk as a second jbod volume in the NAS
- use frontview backup jobs to move some shares to the new volume.
But you might be better off just getting two bigger disks, and stay with XRAID. That makes it easier to expand the storage again later.
- remove the new disk (using it in the PC for emergency storage).
- insert a larger disk in its place and wait for resync
- replace the first disk with a new larger drive
What drives are you using in the NAS now?
I didn't want to overexplain my situation to keep the first post as "clean" as possible, but in order to clarify, here's how it looks like:
The data is backed up on a Google cloud storage system. The problem is that my colleague who's responsible for making the cloud uploads, is unreachable until the end of the week, due to health-related problems. That's why I am unsure of when the last upload took place and if 100% of the files are backed up. As we simply cannot cease work until monday (at best), we've decided to expand the storage.
Thank you for your aid, I think the best idea would be to simply buy additional FreeNAS device, but in our location, it'd take simply too long (I've waited for the disk to arrive for 2 working days).
Here's my idea for a quick solution - I'll be grateful if you'll prove me right or wrong here:
1. Pull the new disk out of the freeNAS
2. Format the pulled disk in a regular PC
3. Use the formatted disk in the PC that requires the storage (at the very moment, only one computer needs to use the required spare storage).
Will pulling the new disk out cause absolutely no harm to the data of the first disk (and its data), that's been originaly in the freeNAS? Since it's basically RAID1, it shouldn't, but I just want o be 100% sure if it's okay to perform such operation.
elviso23 wrote:
Here's my idea for a quick solution - I'll be grateful if you'll prove me right or wrong here:
1. Pull the new disk out of the freeNAS
2. Format the pulled disk in a regular PC
3. Use the formatted disk in the PC that requires the storage (at the very moment, only one computer needs to use the required spare storage).
Will pulling the new disk out cause absolutely no harm to the data of the first disk (and its data), that's been originaly in the freeNAS? Since it's basically RAID1, it shouldn't, but I just want o be 100% sure if it's okay to perform such operation.
I think you meant ReadyNAS, not freeNAS.
Removing the new disk will give you a "degraded" volume warning, but the data will still be there (and accessible).
One way to switch over to JBOD is to
- Pull the new disk out of the NAS
- Format the pulled disk in a regular PC
- Copy the data on the NAS to the new disk over the network.
- Rebuild the NAS as flexraid (RAID-0) with a single disk
- Restore the data on the NAS using the backup
- Add the new disk as a second jbod volume in the NAS
- use frontview backup jobs to move some shares to the new volume.
But you might be better off just getting two bigger disks, and stay with XRAID. That makes it easier to expand the storage again later.
- remove the new disk (using it in the PC for emergency storage).
- insert a larger disk in its place and wait for resync
- replace the first disk with a new larger drive
What drives are you using in the NAS now?
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