Volume Expansion - Seagate NAS OS 4 U User Manual

Additionally, powering on the NAS with a missing hard drive in an unprotected volume will break its RAID and all
Apart from RAID 0, RAID volumes can be expanded with new hard drives. However, it is not possible to add
new hard drives with inferior capacities. For example, a RAID 5 or SimplyRAID volume with three 2TB disks
Choose your RAID and follow the instructions on expanding the volume. RAID 0 does not support volume
.On the Storage section at the lower left, choose the SimplyRAID volume you want to expand .1
In the Select disks window, hard drives with white checkboxes can be selected for the existing volume. Hard .4
drives with grey checkboxes are being used by volumes and cannot be selected. Select the boxes under
Review the summary and then choose Finish. A popup window cautions you that all data on the selected .5
.On the Storage section at the lower left, choose the RAID 1 volume you want to expand .1
In the Select disks window, hard drives with white checkboxes can be selected for the existing volume. Hard .4
drives with grey checkboxes are being used by volumes and cannot be selected. Select the boxes under
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.Encrypted volume: Unlock the volume before following the steps below
.the hard drives that you want to add to the existing volume and choose Next
.Important : All data on the selected hard drives is deleted
.Important: Data stored on the volume is deleted when changing RAID levels
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.supports the addition of a fourth hard drive that is 2TB or higher
.hard drives will be deleted. Choose Yes to continue
.You can use the volume during the RAID synchronization
:When adding a hard drive to a RAID 1 volume, you can
.data will be lost

Volume expansion

SimplyRAID
.Choose Manage .2
.Choose Add drive and Next .3
.Increase security to protect data
.Change the RAID to SimplyRAID
.Choose Manage .2
.Choose Add drive and then Next .3
.expansion
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