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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...
RAID-0 for a single disk drive and JBOD are basically the same thing - different ReadyNAS use somewhat different terminology. If your NAS says "JBOD" then pick it.
The process is described in your user manual (which you can download from support.netgear.com).
A summary is:
-Factory reset with only the 1 TB drive in place
-within 10 minutes select flexraid using the RAIDar
-Then select RAID-0 or JBOD. It is very important not to select RAID-1.
-After the NAS comes up, reinstall any addons, and reconfigure it (recreating shares, etc).
-copy back the data from the 3 TB drive.
-put the 3 TB drive into the NAS while it is running
-create a second RAID-0/JBOD volume that uses the 3 TB drive.
Note that share names need to be unique to the system - you cannot have a "music" share on 1 TB drive and another "music" share on the 3 TB drive.
You can migrate shares from the 1 TB to the 3 TB drive by
-creating a share on the 3 TB using a temporary name
-using the dashboard backup facility to copy the data from the old share
-after that completes, delete the 1 TB share
-rename the 3TB share to the correct name.
The process is described in your user manual (which you can download from support.netgear.com).
A summary is:
-Factory reset with only the 1 TB drive in place
-within 10 minutes select flexraid using the RAIDar
-Then select RAID-0 or JBOD. It is very important not to select RAID-1.
-After the NAS comes up, reinstall any addons, and reconfigure it (recreating shares, etc).
-copy back the data from the 3 TB drive.
-put the 3 TB drive into the NAS while it is running
-create a second RAID-0/JBOD volume that uses the 3 TB drive.
Note that share names need to be unique to the system - you cannot have a "music" share on 1 TB drive and another "music" share on the 3 TB drive.
You can migrate shares from the 1 TB to the 3 TB drive by
-creating a share on the 3 TB using a temporary name
-using the dashboard backup facility to copy the data from the old share
-after that completes, delete the 1 TB share
-rename the 3TB share to the correct name.
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