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ReadyNAS 636 Upgrade Process
We have several/many NAS units which need to have their storage updated. Existing storage volumes are currently defined as RAID 1 volumes (mirrored) with bit rot protection. The volumes are in the ...
Digital999 wrote:
After both disks that make up a RAID 1 X-Raid volume have been 'synchronized/rebuilt' will the larger capacity just be available or is there some other command that must be entered or the system restarted or ??
The capacity will be available after the second disk completes its resync.
The first resync will be fairly quick (just 2 TB - 4 TB of disk space is mirrored).
The second resync has two phases. First it resyncs the 2 TB - 4 TB again. Then it syncs the remaining 8-10 TB.
Note the sync (mirroring) time doesn't depend on the free space. The entire disk is mirrored.
As in most things, improvement is possible.
The documentation on this topic is not fulsome -- certainly needs improvement.
Use you connections to push for correction/improvement.
Digital999 wrote:
The documentation on this topic is not fulsome -- certainly needs improvement.
FWIW, it is in the software manual, but probably not in the section most people would look. It's on page 165 (in the section on disks).
If you try to use previously formatted disks in a system that already contains usable
disks, the system does not reformat or use the previously formatted disks. Any data
on the previously formatted disk remains intact.
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