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I have a Netgear ReadyNAS RN214 and had 1 x 10TB disk in a RAID 1 setup. I have now ran out of space so I bought 4 x 12TB new hard drives. I haven't backed up the original hard disk as it's almost full with 10TB of data and didn't have the means to back it up.
I shutdown the NAS, removed the original hard disk, inserted the new 4 x TB and configured with a RAID 5 and it's now all done and re-synched. I now have a problem of transferring my data from the original 1TB hard drive to the new setup.
I later read that I could have just inserted the new hard drives into the NAS and it would have re-synched and adjusted the storage capacity. However, being that the original HD was RAID 1, wouldn't the new storage with the new disks stay at RAID 1? And if I was to change from RAID 1 to RAID 5, I would have lost all my data anyway?
Anyway, I'm looking for a solution please and hopefully someone can kindly provide one on how I can get all my data transferred over to the new storage area please. There is no fault with the original HD and it works perfectly.
I also thought about, re-inserting the original 10TB hard drive in by itself, then re-inserting the 12TB hard drives but was scared to do so in case it performs a factory reset and then I would lose all my data.
I later read that I could have just inserted the new hard drives into the NAS and it would have re-synched and adjusted the storage capacity. However, being that the original HD was RAID 1, wouldn't the new storage with the new disks stay at RAID 1? And if I was to change from RAID 1 to RAID 5, I would have lost all my data anyway?
No, it would have been converted to RAID-5 when you hot-inserted the third disk, with no data loss.
I also thought about, re-inserting the original 10TB hard drive in by itself, then re-inserting the 12TB hard drives but was scared to do so in case it performs a factory reset and then I would lose all my data.
Destory the current volume, and then power down the NAS and remove the disks.
Re-insert the first disk by itself, and power up. It should boot with no problem.
Confirm that you are in X-RAID mode (green stripe on the X-RAID control on the volumes tab)
Hot-insert the first new disk, and wait for the resync to complete. Note you might need to select it and format it on the volumes page.
Hot-swap the original disk with one of the new ones and again wait for the resync to complete. You will see a small expansion at this point (to 12 TB or ~10.9 TiB).
Now hot-insert the two remaining new disks one at a time (waiting for the resync and expansion to complete, before hot-inserting the last).
I later read that I could have just inserted the new hard drives into the NAS and it would have re-synched and adjusted the storage capacity. However, being that the original HD was RAID 1, wouldn't the new storage with the new disks stay at RAID 1? And if I was to change from RAID 1 to RAID 5, I would have lost all my data anyway?
No, it would have been converted to RAID-5 when you hot-inserted the third disk, with no data loss.
I also thought about, re-inserting the original 10TB hard drive in by itself, then re-inserting the 12TB hard drives but was scared to do so in case it performs a factory reset and then I would lose all my data.
Destory the current volume, and then power down the NAS and remove the disks.
Re-insert the first disk by itself, and power up. It should boot with no problem.
Confirm that you are in X-RAID mode (green stripe on the X-RAID control on the volumes tab)
Hot-insert the first new disk, and wait for the resync to complete. Note you might need to select it and format it on the volumes page.
Hot-swap the original disk with one of the new ones and again wait for the resync to complete. You will see a small expansion at this point (to 12 TB or ~10.9 TiB).
Now hot-insert the two remaining new disks one at a time (waiting for the resync and expansion to complete, before hot-inserting the last).
