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Re: RN314 - Removed a 2TB drive, added a 4TB one, and my storage is the same???
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RN314 - Removed a 2TB drive, added a 4TB one, and my storage is the same???
Hi folks,
I currently have a ReadyNas 314 which has been running away happily with 4 x 2TB drives using RAID 5 ever since I first purchased it. Over time, it was slowly running out of space and so I purchased a couple of 4TB drives so I could expand the storage and give my system a bit more breathing space.
Yesterday evening I hot swapped the first drive in my bay and added the new 4TB and left it to do it's thing as it slowly synchronised with the other disks as I headed for bed.
However, I've found that even though it recognises the newly installed disk as 4TB there is NO increases in the available space???
I've tried reading up all I can, rebooting the device, and it hasn't made the slightest bit of difference?
I have one more 4TB disk to install and worried that I have wasted money on these for no reason!
I've attached a screenshot of my current system.
Can anyone help with this issue? What's going on?
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Re: RN314 - Removed a 2TB drive, added a 4TB one, and my storage is the same???
@dreistreifen wrote:
However, I've found that even though it recognises the newly installed disk as 4TB there is NO increases in the available space???
Correct - that is normal. Upgrade the second drive (making sure the sync is finished first), and the volume will then expand to 6 TB (5.45 TiB) to 8 TB (7.27 TiB).
The capacity rule for single reduncancy XRAID is "sum the disks and subtract the largest", so upgrading just one doesn't give you more space.
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Re: RN314 - Removed a 2TB drive, added a 4TB one, and my storage is the same???
Thanks for the reply.
I'll proceed as planned with the other disk now.