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Adding a volume into ReadyNAS 214: disabling X-raid will cause data loss or is it safe?
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Hello:
I've a ReadyNAS 214 with two 3TB disks, used as X-raid.
Now I want to add two 2 TB disks, but after I installed them, when I clic format, I get an error that says the disk should be equal or bigger to the existing ones.
If I'm not wrong, the system is trying to add them to the existing X-raid volume. But for me it would be also ok to make another volume.
But the button "new volume" is greyed out, I guess the only way is to disable the X-raid.
Since the data on the existing volume can't be lost, is it safe to disable? It would be transformed in a RAID-1 volume, or would be formatted?
Thanks in advance
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X-RAID is an application built on top of RAID that simplifies expansion. The underlying RAID isn't proprietary, it is built on standard Linux tools. It is limited to a single volume, so you do need to switch to FlexRAID.
It's safe to disable X-RAID. Your existing volume is already RAID-1, and the data won't be lost if you switch to FlexRAID.
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X-RAID is an application built on top of RAID that simplifies expansion. The underlying RAID isn't proprietary, it is built on standard Linux tools. It is limited to a single volume, so you do need to switch to FlexRAID.
It's safe to disable X-RAID. Your existing volume is already RAID-1, and the data won't be lost if you switch to FlexRAID.
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Re: Adding a volume into ReadyNAS 214: disabling X-raid will cause data loss or is it safe?
Thankyou