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X-Raid 2 Confusion
I am installing my 3rd Ultra 6 - I have the following volume config why is volume so small? Disk space 212 MB (0%) of 2212 GB used Configuration: RAID Level X-RAID2, 5 disks (with dual redun...
OK 5th Factory reset was a charm - it took 28 hours to resync! I added added a 6th 3TB drive. anything less it would expand out to the proser volume size.
This did not happen with Single disk redundancy. It took a total of 124 hours to get it resyc'd and working fine.
I just found it confusing that waiting 20 hours then waiting another 8 hours for the volume expansion and it still failed to expand properly when I had 5 disks in.
I still needed to add a 6th disk. If this is normal then it should be clear in the manual "If using dual redundancy disks you MUST have ALL drives the same size"
If this is not normal then it must be a firmware bug. Anyway I am not being paid enough to beta test 8-)
This did not happen with Single disk redundancy. It took a total of 124 hours to get it resyc'd and working fine.
I just found it confusing that waiting 20 hours then waiting another 8 hours for the volume expansion and it still failed to expand properly when I had 5 disks in.
I still needed to add a 6th disk. If this is normal then it should be clear in the manual "If using dual redundancy disks you MUST have ALL drives the same size"
If this is not normal then it must be a firmware bug. Anyway I am not being paid enough to beta test 8-)
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