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Expanding from 1 to 2 disks, and creating raid1 (without losing data)
Hi,
Short question: Can I have 1 disk in my readynas ultra (running os6) with data on it, add an additional drive (same size) and change the volume to raid 1 without losing the data? (I have tried reading the knowledge base, but cannot get a clear answer)
Long version: I run an ultra 6 with 6 old 2tb drives, that are in need of replacement.
I have looked at some nice new 14 tb drives, and thought of getting 2 new ones. Adding one to my pc, backup all the data from the NAS to said drive. Put 1 14tb drive into the Ultra6 and reset it, copy all the data into the readynas, then add the other drive for redundancy. Is this possible? I know I can expand from raid 1 to 5, but cannot figure out if you can go from a basic volume to raid 1 (I know that Synology units can do this).
Short question: Can I have 1 disk in my readynas ultra (running os6) with data on it, add an additional drive (same size) and change the volume to raid 1 without losing the data? (I have tried reading the knowledge base, but cannot get a clear answer)
Yes. The default XRAID setting will do this.
With your process, you should
hot insert the second drive
format it from the volume page
After the formatting completes, the NAS will convert the volume to RAID-1.
Short question: Can I have 1 disk in my readynas ultra (running os6) with data on it, add an additional drive (same size) and change the volume to raid 1 without losing the data? (I have tried reading the knowledge base, but cannot get a clear answer)
Yes. The default XRAID setting will do this.
With your process, you should
hot insert the second drive
format it from the volume page
After the formatting completes, the NAS will convert the volume to RAID-1.
