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ReadyNAS 312 Vertical Expansion - First Time
We needed to upgrade a client from their existing 2Tb Raid 1, to a 6Tb Raid 1. I verified that the WD Black 6Gbs were in the acceptable (compatible: http://kb.netgear.com/20641/ReadyNAS-Hard-Disk-Compatibility-List?cid=wmt_netgear_organic) list, and they were. Replaced the first, and as expected, over the course of a few hours, I went from degraded, to synced, and working fine without any issues. Second drive arrived the next day, and feeling confident in the process, I swapped the other drive. This process also went smoothly, and as I got home, the drive finished syncing, and showed a full Raid 1 mirrored condition. Still being a little wary of the expansion process, I verified that the system saw the new drives as full size, and they did. Both disks show at approx 5.5 TB. So, reboot. And Reboot. And Reboot.... And nothing. I've restarted approximately 8 times since the second drive was loaded, including at least one 24 hour window, with no change. The NAS shows no signs of "expanding" its size, or adjusting to the correct amount available. I thought that maybe, since it was running almost full (don't they always wait until the last moment to approve things?), I needed to clear a little space. So, deleting some older backups, I cleared 350Gb to work with. No change. What am I missing? I've had the company spend the money on two 6Tbs, and they don't have 6Tb to work with... Ideas? thanks! Firmware 6.6.1 XRAIDSolved6.2KViews0likes19Comments