I received my ReadyNas 102 2 days ago and after going to many sites and reading, I was able to start the unit. I currently have one 2TB and one 1TB drives and do not have the means to purchase another 2TB Now.. Is there a way to utilize the 3TBs that I have in the unit? Or would I always waste 1TB. Thank you
Generally it works best to set up one volume per disk. That would give you a 2 TB volume and a 1 TB volume - 3 TB total.
You could also set up a 2x1TB RAID-1 volume that has RAID redundancy, and then set up a second 1TB volume with no redundancy. That would give you 2 TB of total space.
To get there from where you are, you can either do a factory reset, and rebuild from scratch. Or change to flexraid, and if needed, destroy your existing volume.
I selected the first alternative and it worked If I want to try your second alternative, "2x1TB RAID-1", would I select X-Raid on the 2 TB Drive and leave the 1 TB alone?
If I want to try your second alternative, "2x1TB RAID-1", would I select X-Raid on the 2 TB Drive and leave the 1 TB alone?
Xraid/flexraid are modes for the whole unit, they don't apply to specific volumes.
If you are using flexraid, you first put both disks in a RAID-1 array. You should then be able to create a second 1 TB RAID-0 volume on the 2 TB drive to use the extra space if you wish.
With xraid, the system simply gives you a 2x1TB RAID-1 array, with no way to use the extra TB.
Thank you for your reply. I have both on Flex Raid, Do I have to first DESTROY both again?, how do I put them on RAID-1? I have read the manual and it says it can be done but it does not provide the steps to accomplish the conversion. You been a real help to me and I very close to achieving it, Would you provide me with the steps I need to take? Than you Mario
You destroy the volumes, then recreate them. For the first one you select both drives. OS4 allows you to enter the desired volume size. I don't recall if OS6 does that or not (I created my OS6 volumes quite a while ago).
After that finishes, you should be able to create a second volume on the larger drive.
Note I haven't created a RAID-1 volume on the RN102- I use jbod, which is what you have already set up. OS6 might be more restrictive on flexraid than OS4.
Thank you for all your help, I could not find how to place the 2TB in Raid-1. So I am going to use both volumes together as one unit JBOD. Once I become more familiar with ReadyNas I may try your suggestion again. JBOD was my first preference, but learning that I could place my 2TB on a Raid-1 became an extra. Thank you again for your help. Mario
The way you would do RAID-1 is select both volumes. Alternatively, let it use XRAID with both volumes in place, and immediately convert to flexraid after the volume initializes.
