I also used http://www.makovec.net/upgrading-net...-copying-data/ With this info I went from a single 1tb to a single 2tb and although lengthy it worked well. I did for peace of mind take the 1 tb drive out and cloned it first as I wasn't happy with some of the posts of people saying they had lost data when inserting drives. My theory was that if they both have the same data then I should be ok.
Once cloned I put the 1 tb back in its original slot (1) then the new 2tb in slot 2, at this point the 2 tb was still at 1tb capacity. From this point I just followed the guide, failed the second drive via root access etc, rebuilt then grew the volume etc and viola I now have a single 2tb with no data loss at all.
Thanks but 'll take the long hard road 😛 I´m opying everything from the original 1tb to an external hdd, then pop the 2 tb in and copy back, very exciting as.friday entertainment.:D
Hmm, shouldn´t i be getting a "configure new hardware" popup or something when i insert a blank hdd? All i can see is "format" and after that´s done i get a blank page when trying to login to the web interface, i see the stora folders in windows though and i can start copying files back to the new hdd.
Maybe i´m in the wrong thread for this but now all seems ok, relevant to the thread though is the question, how much do you usually get out of a hdd? I see that my new 2tb WD red only gives me 1.8tb?! 200gb's missing, is that acceptable?!:confused:
It's the age old thing of how HDD manufactures measure the capacities of their drives.
If they say that their drive is 2TB they're using 1000 gb = 1tb, where it should be 1024 gb = 1tb.
Have a look here: http://www.ussscctv.com/harddrivesizecapacitiescalculator.aspx
Your drive is fine as my 2tb drive shows as 1.8tb
:)
Based the listed compatiable hard drives listed below, I purchased (2) 2TB HUA722020ALA330 hard drives. They arrived and I placed them in the Stora, did a hard reset of Stora, and then proceed though the setup wizard. When I get to the 'detect HD' step in the wizard, I am told there are no HD installed in the unit. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? I confirmed the model number on the HD. Do I need to initialize or format the drives someway before inserting into Stora?
Recently purchased 2 x Western Digital Red NAS WD10EFRX to replace 2 old Western Digital Green drives, popped them in the Stora, configured with no issues.
Based the listed compatiable hard drives listed below, I purchased (2) 2TB HUA722020ALA330 hard drives. They arrived and I placed them in the Stora, did a hard reset of Stora, and then proceed though the setup wizard. When I get to the 'detect HD' step in the wizard, I am told there are no HD installed in the unit. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? I confirmed the model number on the HD. Do I need to initialize or format the drives someway before inserting into Stora?
Regards, Argiejr
Argie...sometimes the drives come pre-formatted.
Try connecting directly to your desktop and remove all partitions, then try again in the Stora.
I've just finished upgrading my NetGear Stora MS2110-100PES from a 2x 1TB drives RAID1 to a 2x 2TB RAID1 with a pair of 2TB Western Digital WD20EFRX NasWare 3.0 disks.
Here are the references of the procedures used and parts bought :
1) Using a computer running Windows 8.1, and Basilisk (supporting Flash) as a Web browser, I first checked if I manage to connect via ssh to my NAS with Putty, using one of the ''Administrators'' accounts, according to this tutorial : ''Easy Root Access'' https://github.com/Dees7/openstora/blob/master/pages/Easy_Root_Access.md The login format was as announced : USERNAME_hipserv2_netgear_XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX Web-Browser-Login-Account_hipserv2_netgear_Labelled-Product-Key
3) I then bought 3x 2TB Western Digital WD20EFRX NasWare 3.0 hard drives (+1 as a spare) on the eBay store of the seller called ''deoptimus'' based in Germany : WD RED 2TB WD20EFRX NASware 3.0 NX HA500 5400U/min 64MB SATA III 3.5'' https://www.ebay.fr/itm/403737305766
4) Once the hard drives received, I externally set one of the new hard drives in a similar position to the 1st hard drive I will have to replace in the NAS, so as to start a 24 hours warm-up cycle. I then replaced the 1st hard drive (on the right into the NAS), according to the tutorial : ''Upgrading NetGear Stora NAS drives Without Copying Data'' https://dan.makovec.net/useful-stuff/upgrading-netgear-stora-nas-drives-without-copying-data I then carefully followed this same tutorial to upgrade the NAS, taking profit of the 1st RAID1 rebuilding delay to start an over-the-night warm-up cycle for the 2nd hard drive, set in a similar position to the 2nd hard drive (on the left) I will have to replace.
Lead to success, these tutorials allowed me to double the capacity of my NAS : Thanks again !
