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X-raid syncing a fomated used disk
I want to use a used 2Tb seagate disk to replace one of drives in a ReadyNAS NV+4000. I have only 2 2tb drives in a X-raid configuration but rotating total 4 drives ( 2 of them kept in another place ...
I also read this that he just wants to re-use an older drive without regard to the data it contains. Hot adding the drive to an NV+ should work (there is an extra step needed on current OS6 units). But to be doubly safe, you could use a PC and remove the partitions before inserting the drive.
Sandshark wrote:
I also read this that he just wants to re-use an older drive without regard to the data it contains. Hot adding the drive to an NV+ should work (there is an extra step needed on current OS6 units). But to be doubly safe, you could use a PC and remove the partitions before inserting the drive.
If he wants to simply re-use the drive (destroying what is on it) then I agree that hot-inserting the drive will do that.
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