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104 Second disk from redundency to capacity
Hi all, I've just installed a second WD Green 3TB drive in my 104 and it has started syncing in X-Raid. I wanted to use the second disk for capacity as it is for a media server so no real need for ba...
The first post answers that. You should copy all the data to a backup first no matter what you do.
Then you could try converting the volume to flexraid. If the system lets you, then you could then remove the second drive, unformat it, and then reinsert it in slot 3. At that point you could create a new volume on that drive and get more space.
The existing volume would be shown as "degraded" forever, and you wouldn't ever be able to use slot 2.
So personally I wouldn't do this. I'd probably just buy a third drive, and keep the raid protection. Even if you aren't worried about losing the data, it is still an inconvenience. And you might find it harder to replace than you think.
Or I'd copy the data to backup (perhaps using the new drive in an enclosure temporarily), reset the NAS, convert to flexraid right away, and restore the data from the backup. Then add the second drive as a second volume (jbod).
Then you could try converting the volume to flexraid. If the system lets you, then you could then remove the second drive, unformat it, and then reinsert it in slot 3. At that point you could create a new volume on that drive and get more space.
The existing volume would be shown as "degraded" forever, and you wouldn't ever be able to use slot 2.
So personally I wouldn't do this. I'd probably just buy a third drive, and keep the raid protection. Even if you aren't worried about losing the data, it is still an inconvenience. And you might find it harder to replace than you think.
Or I'd copy the data to backup (perhaps using the new drive in an enclosure temporarily), reset the NAS, convert to flexraid right away, and restore the data from the backup. Then add the second drive as a second volume (jbod).
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