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Upgrade with 3TB disk
Hi all I have a ReadyNas Duo v2 with a 1 tb disk. I have purchased a 3 TB disk to expand storage. Data protection is not that important to me, and ideally I would like 4 TB of storage. My nas is...
When you install the second disk, you will still have 1 TB of storage.
To do what you want, you need to change over to flexraid, and set up each disk as its own data volume (e.g, "jbod", or 2 RAID-0 single disk volumes).
This will require you to do a factory reset, which will destroy your data, and also will require you to reinstall any add-ons, and reconfigure the NAS. After the reset, you have a 5-10 minute window to tell the v2 to use flexraid - you do that with the RAIDar application on the PC.
BTW, many people are quite shocked to discover that their "v2" is actually a v1. You might check this guide: http://www.rnasguide.com/2012/01/09/how ... -or-nv-v2/
If you really have a v1, you won't be able to use the 3TB drive in it at all.
To do what you want, you need to change over to flexraid, and set up each disk as its own data volume (e.g, "jbod", or 2 RAID-0 single disk volumes).
This will require you to do a factory reset, which will destroy your data, and also will require you to reinstall any add-ons, and reconfigure the NAS. After the reset, you have a 5-10 minute window to tell the v2 to use flexraid - you do that with the RAIDar application on the PC.
BTW, many people are quite shocked to discover that their "v2" is actually a v1. You might check this guide: http://www.rnasguide.com/2012/01/09/how ... -or-nv-v2/
If you really have a v1, you won't be able to use the 3TB drive in it at all.
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