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darklight
Jan 03, 2014Aspirant
JBOD over multiple disks
I have a RN102 that has been running X-Raid on a single 2TB disk for a while, now I want to expand the storage. I don't need redundancy, so I switched the volume to Flex-RAID (JBOD), intending to add a new disk and create a new volume on it.
Now when I added the second disk, and click System-Volumes and the new disk icon, the existing volume shows options to either add parity or expand volume. The manual says that JBOD only works on single disks, so I'm confused about what will happen. Is this a new feature since the manual was written? I'm on 6.1.4 firmware.
Now when I added the second disk, and click System-Volumes and the new disk icon, the existing volume shows options to either add parity or expand volume. The manual says that JBOD only works on single disks, so I'm confused about what will happen. Is this a new feature since the manual was written? I'm on 6.1.4 firmware.
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- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredCan you post a screenshot?
- darklightAspirant
- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredWhat do you see if you click on the SATA 2TB disk on the right? Are you then able to click the New Volume button at the right under the X-RAID button?
- darklightAspirantThis pic is with the right SATA 2 TB disk clicked. If I unclick it the 3 buttons in the blue box go away. New Volume will let me add a new volume as normal.
I would prefer a single volume, so if this is now possible I'll do it, but concerned it will wipe all the data in the process. - mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredWell then ensure you have an up to date backup and then see what happens if you click the "Expand Volume" button.
- StephenBGuru - Experienced UserNote that if the expansion succeeds, you will be running RAID-0 and spanning multiple disks. If either disk fails, you lose everything.
- darklightAspirantYes, going to go with the safer option and make separate volumes.
- flyguy10AspirantWhen you select your second disk, you have to click "new volume" on the righthand side. It is located just beneath the x-raid button.
I have my RN102 setup exactly the same way (2 disks setup as 2 seperate volumes). - nas102AspirantIf one day, I decided to change to RAID 1, can I switch Flex-RAID (JBOD) to X-RAID (RAID-1)?
All data in that second volume are not required anymore or have been backup, I suppose I just need to do the following step:
1. Copy all data out from second volume
2. Remove second volume physically
3. Configure re-enable X-RAID (JBOD) for the first volume
4. Add a new disk (size > volume 1)
5. Select add parity
6. Done - now X-RAID - RAID 1 on both 2TB drive
please correct if i'm wrong
In the OS 6 manual it mention like this, so I suppose for JBOD with only one volume, it okay to switch to X-RAID mode again.
Change from Flex-RAID to X-RAID2
If your system contains only one volume, you can easily switch from Flex-RAID to X-RAID2.
Data on the Flex-RAID volume is preserved when you switch to X-RAID2.
If your system contains multiple volumes, you must first reconfigure your disks into a single
volume.
Note: When you switch to X-RAID2 mode, any extra disks installed in your
system are automatically reformatted and used for storage
expansion.
You cannot change the RAID mode of a RAID 0 or RAID 10 volume. - vandermerweMasterBetween step 1 and step 2 you should delete the volume on disk 2 using the GUI first, before removing the disk.
I would also backup the data on disk 1 before you do this.
Although data should be preserved during the switch, I'd recommend having a backup before you do it.
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