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Which disk format to use when adding
I have a NAS 102 populated with two drives, RAID1, now running out of space. I've added a further external drive via USB port. The System sees it, but reports the message: System: External storage...
Rucyj35 wrote:
Yes, that's what I thought. However, although it was set to sync and GMT, the time was well out. I assumed it was syncing to an American server, so I disabled it and entered the time manually.
You can configure 0.pool.ntp.org and 1.pool.ntp.org. That should give you a local server.
Entering the time manually is generally good enough, but it needs to be re-done periodically because the internal clock will drift. Also you need to recheck it after a power disruption.
Rucyj35 wrote:
I have a NAS 102 populated with two drives, RAID1, now running out of space.
The best strategy is to purchase two NAS-purposed drives (for ex. Seagate Ironwolf), end expand the RAID-1 array. If you do this, don't purchase WD Reds - they are SMR (shingled magnetic recording). WD Red Plus are ok.
Rucyj35 wrote:
I checked on my PC it was standard Win11 formatted,
NTFS? Or FAT32????
Rucyj35 wrote:
The System sees it, but reports the message: System: External storage device is connected but the file system is not recognized.
Use the Windows Disk Manager to see if there is a second partition on the disk. (The disk manager calls them "volumes"). If there is, then remove all the partitions using the disk manager. Then reformat it as NTFS in Windows.
Excellent, thanks. I now see the external drive, but it's just an external USB drive, and not being automatically added to the existing Volumes. When I go into the settings wheel for the drive, I'm offered options to eject it, or format it: EXT 3/4, NTFS (which it already is), and BTRFS.
What's my action here please?
Also I have found a log entry: System: NTP is disabled
Rucyj35 wrote:
Excellent, thanks. I now see the external drive, but it's just an external USB drive, and not being automatically added to the existing Volumes. When I go into the settings wheel for the drive, I'm offered options to eject it, or format it: EXT 3/4, NTFS (which it already is), and BTRFS.
What's my action here please?
Try formatting it as NTFS.
It won't be added to the RAID array, but you will be able to create shares on it.
Thanks.
That would, I think, be disappointing, as all the documentation says the RAID will automatically absorb any added storage. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the implications. What I had intended was to make more space available to the existing RAID so that it could continue to service my backups without needing reconfiguration.
For example in the Software Manual it says: 'With X-RAID, you can start out with one hard disk, add a second disk for data protection, and add more disks for additional storage capacity. X-RAID accommodates the new disks automatically. You can replace existing disks with larger-capacity disks and X-RAID automatically accommodates the new disks'.
How could I make the additional space available to my backup system?
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