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FG
Aug 05, 2016Aspirant
Unable to horizontally expand Raid-5
firmware 6.5.0 readynas 2120 I currently had 2 volumes: 1) is a 3 disk---2TB set up as a Raid 5, which gave me 4TB of storage. The 2nd volume was 1 disk--4TB----JBOD. I have now copied what I ne...
- Retired_MemberAug 06, 2016"Destroying" the volume on the 4TB doesn't matter. If you want, you can reinsert it in place if the unused 2TB, but it's not going to make any difference here.
You can't expand a syncing RAID. You just have to wait for the sync to complete.
Leave the blank 2TB HDD in the chassis, turn on X-RAID (you don't need Flex-RAID). When the resync is finished, it will pick-up the fourth 2TB HDD and will expand your RAID5.
Retired_Member
Aug 06, 2016"Destroying" the volume on the 4TB doesn't matter. If you want, you can reinsert it in place if the unused 2TB, but it's not going to make any difference here.
You can't expand a syncing RAID. You just have to wait for the sync to complete.
Leave the blank 2TB HDD in the chassis, turn on X-RAID (you don't need Flex-RAID). When the resync is finished, it will pick-up the fourth 2TB HDD and will expand your RAID5.
You can't expand a syncing RAID. You just have to wait for the sync to complete.
Leave the blank 2TB HDD in the chassis, turn on X-RAID (you don't need Flex-RAID). When the resync is finished, it will pick-up the fourth 2TB HDD and will expand your RAID5.
StephenB
Aug 06, 2016Guru - Experienced User
jak0lantash wrote:
"Destroying" the volume on the 4TB doesn't matter. If you want, you can reinsert it in place if the unused 2TB, but it's not going to make any difference here.
Sometimes you do get those "inactive volumes", and they are not always easy to deal with. As a user, I can't predict when they will show up. So my practice is to destroy the volume before I remove the drives in it.
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