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Upgrading from 2TB to 3TB drives
Hello everybody, great to see such an active community has formed around the ReadyNAS! I've been a proud and satisfied user of a Ultra 6 for a few months. I'm currently having three Samsung 2TB dri...
mdgm & Papa,
thank you very much for your replies. I have a few follow-up questions though.
Regarding question 1. It is obvious and clear that the first 3TB drive I install, will be recognized or allocated as an 2TB drive. That is fine for the time being, but what is not clear yet, is this. Once the last (third) 2TB drive is gone and replaced, will the FIRST 3TB drive (the one 'capped' to 2TB') be automatically recognized as a 3TB drive? Is the NAS intelligent enough to recognize hey, there are only 3 TB drives in the NAS now, I will use them fully? Or will it use only 2 TB of the first 3TB drive, and recognize the last two 3TB drives fully?
And secondly..just to be entirely sure..about 90% of my current capacity is used. I can still safely remove one disc and replace it (if I decide to replace iso expand) with an empy disc right? No data will be lost? I think I know the answer to that one, but better be safe than sorry ;-)
Thanks again,
Ruud
thank you very much for your replies. I have a few follow-up questions though.
Regarding question 1. It is obvious and clear that the first 3TB drive I install, will be recognized or allocated as an 2TB drive. That is fine for the time being, but what is not clear yet, is this. Once the last (third) 2TB drive is gone and replaced, will the FIRST 3TB drive (the one 'capped' to 2TB') be automatically recognized as a 3TB drive? Is the NAS intelligent enough to recognize hey, there are only 3 TB drives in the NAS now, I will use them fully? Or will it use only 2 TB of the first 3TB drive, and recognize the last two 3TB drives fully?
And secondly..just to be entirely sure..about 90% of my current capacity is used. I can still safely remove one disc and replace it (if I decide to replace iso expand) with an empy disc right? No data will be lost? I think I know the answer to that one, but better be safe than sorry ;-)
Thanks again,
Ruud
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