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Increase capacity of ReadyNas 214 with one HDD

kncowans
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Increase capacity of ReadyNas 214 with one HDD

Hello all

 

I currently have a ReadyNas 214 with one 5TB HDD.

 

Due to health issues i have not been able to add more HDD to the system, until now.

 

I am now planning on replacing the current WD 5TB Red HDD with a WD Red 10TB HDD and adding 3 more so i will have 30TB of total storage space available.

 

Could someone please clarify the procedure to achieve this.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Kevin

Model: RN21400|ReadyNAS 214 Series 4- Bay (Diskless)
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StephenB
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Re: Increase capacity of ReadyNas 214 with one HDD


@kncowans wrote:

 

I am now planning on replacing the current WD 5TB Red HDD with a WD Red 10TB HDD and adding 3 more so i will have 30TB of total storage space available.

There are two ways:

 

Method 1:

  1. Create or update your backup.
  2. Power down the NAS and remove the 5 TB drive.
  3. Insert the four 10 TB disks into the NAS, and do a factory default.
  4. Reconfigure the NAS, install any apps
  5. restore your data from backup.

Method 2:

  1. Create or update your backup
  2. Hot-insert the first 10 TB disk into slot 2
  3. Wait for resync to complete (vol size will be 5 TB)
  4. Hot-swap the 5 TB drive with the 2nd 10 TB drive and wait for resync to complete (vol size will be 10 TB)
  5. Hot-insert the third 10 TB disk and wait for resync to complete (vol size will be 20 TB)
  6. Hot-insert the fourth 10 TB disk and wait for resync to complete (vol size will be 30 TB)

Method 1 is faster, but your data will be off-line for a while.  Method 2 is much slower, but will the data will remain available.  The NAS won't be as fast during the resyncs though.

 

Don't neglect the backup step - the volume is unprotected during a resync, and if a disk fails you often will lose all your data.

 

 

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StephenB
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Re: Increase capacity of ReadyNas 214 with one HDD


@kncowans wrote:

 

I am now planning on replacing the current WD 5TB Red HDD with a WD Red 10TB HDD and adding 3 more so i will have 30TB of total storage space available.

There are two ways:

 

Method 1:

  1. Create or update your backup.
  2. Power down the NAS and remove the 5 TB drive.
  3. Insert the four 10 TB disks into the NAS, and do a factory default.
  4. Reconfigure the NAS, install any apps
  5. restore your data from backup.

Method 2:

  1. Create or update your backup
  2. Hot-insert the first 10 TB disk into slot 2
  3. Wait for resync to complete (vol size will be 5 TB)
  4. Hot-swap the 5 TB drive with the 2nd 10 TB drive and wait for resync to complete (vol size will be 10 TB)
  5. Hot-insert the third 10 TB disk and wait for resync to complete (vol size will be 20 TB)
  6. Hot-insert the fourth 10 TB disk and wait for resync to complete (vol size will be 30 TB)

Method 1 is faster, but your data will be off-line for a while.  Method 2 is much slower, but will the data will remain available.  The NAS won't be as fast during the resyncs though.

 

Don't neglect the backup step - the volume is unprotected during a resync, and if a disk fails you often will lose all your data.

 

 

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kncowans
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Re: Increase capacity of ReadyNas 214 with one HDD

Hello StephenB

 

Thanks for the information, it is appreciated.

 

I think i will use Option 2 as i have the time.

 

Kevin

 

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