Adding a drive readynas duo v2

[Kallestropp]

I have been using my duo v2 for a long time now with a wd 2tb green,and today i wanted to add a wd 2tb red.In raidar both drives are green but when i go to admin page it says X-RAID2(REDUNDANT) and only shows 2gb,and volume button is orange

[StephenB]

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@Kallestropp wrote:

I have been using my duo v2 for a long time now with a wd 2tb green,and today i wanted to add a wd 2tb red.In raidar both drives are green but when i go to admin page it says X-RAID2(REDUNDANT) and only shows 2gb,and volume button is orange

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I think you meant 2 TB, not 2 GB.

With XRAID adding the second disk gives you redundancy (protection from a disk failure), not more space.

You should drill down on the orange volume status though - perhaps hovering over the volume status in the web UI or looking at logs.  

If you want to maximize space, you will need to back up your data, do a factory reset, and use flexraid instead of xraid.  Then restore the data from the backup after the NAS setup is complete.  Details are in the software manual - http://www.readynas.com/download/documentation/UM/RAIDiator5-3_Home_SW_en_Nov711.pdf

[Kallestropp]

Yes i meant tb 🙂 You should drill down on the orange volume status .  ..sorry drill down i have no idea what it is

[StephenB]

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@Kallestropp wrote:

Yes i meant tb 🙂 You should drill down on the orange volume status .  ..sorry drill down i have no idea what it is

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You said you had an orange volume status.  It should be green.  There should be some details as to why.  I don't own a v2, so I can't give much specific advice.

I do know that on other ReadyNAS you can hover your mouse over the status indicators, and get more information.  You can also install RAIDar on a PC (http://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads?cid=wmt_netgear_organic ) and that will also show status (including more details if you hover over the graphic indicators).

Look at the log in the web UI might also give some clues.  

"drill down" is slang that means to gather detailed information by focusing in on something.

[Kallestropp]

i understand but drilling down volume only shows total size and available size

maybe green and red westerndigital drives dont match

[StephenB]

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@Kallestropp wrote:

i understand but drilling down volume only shows total size and available size

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You need to drill other places then.  Look at disk smart stats for instance.  Does RAIDar give you a green volume status?

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@Kallestropp wrote:

maybe green and red westerndigital drives dont match

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Then it wouldn't have resynced, and the volume would never have become redundant.

[Kallestropp]

Yes raidar gives green,i wrote that in my first post..so if i do a reset it will be ok?

[StephenB]

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@Kallestropp wrote:
Yes raidar gives green,i wrote that in my first post..so if i do a reset it will be ok?

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If you are switching to flexraid anyway, then there's no reason to diagnose this issue.  

I do recommend JBOD mode (two volumes, one for each disk).  

A single 4 TB volume is possible, but fragile.  If either disk fails, you lose everything.  So it is even more important to maintain good backups if you use that.

[Kallestropp]

Can you point in the direction to do the two volumes

[StephenB]

Again, I don't own a v2, though I do have 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 6. NAS.

What I suggest is starting with just one disk installed, and then selecting JBOD if it is available or RAID-0 if it is not.  Starting with one disk ensures that the NAS can't create a 2-disk volume.

After setup, add the second disk.  There will be a way to create a second volume using it.

[Kallestropp]

Thank you very much for your help i will give it a try 🙂