Instructions for Adding HDDs to RAID

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Instructions for Adding HDDs to RAID

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Applicable model: all TNAS models.

Applicable RAID mode: JBOD, RAID5 and RAID6.

If you want to add more drives into your existing RAID 5 or RAID 6 to expand total capacity without losing data, please follow the instructions below. For example, if you have TNAS model like F5-221, you have three drives running RAID 5, you want to add one more drive to the RAID, you can just add a new drive, you do not need to shutdown the device or backup your data, you can just do this when the device is online.

Note: for RAID5 and RAID6, the capacity of the added HDD should be no less than the capacity of the minimum HDD in the existing storage pool.

Steps:
1. Boot your TNAS up and log into TOS webpage.
2. Insert the new HDD at power-on stage and go to TOS Control panel - Storage manager- Storage pool- click Edit, and select "Add hard drives to RAID" from the list, check the added HDD and follow the wizard to complete.
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3. Go to Volume - Edit to add the capacity of the volume.
The number at Free capacity is the capacity you can add for your existing volume.
The number at Volume capacity is the capacity of your existing volume, the capacity of your volume could only be added but not decreased.

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Note:
Only one HDD could be added at a time.
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Re: Instructions for Adding HDDs to RAID

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[quote=TMSupport post_id=8154 time=1612421857 user_id=59]

1. Boot your TNAS up and log into TOS webpage.
2. Insert the new HDD at power-on stage and go to TOS Control panel - Storage manager- Storage pool- click Edit, and select "Add hard drives to RAID" from the list, check the added HDD and follow the wizard to complete.
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Does this mean i add the drive while the nas is on?
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Re: Instructions for Adding HDDs to RAID

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{L_BUTTON_AT}iuliug

Yes. You can add the new drive while the nas is on.
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Re: Instructions for Adding HDDs to RAID

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Bonjour je suis actuellement en raid 5. Mais dans mon pool de stockage, impossible de modifier celui-ci:

je n'ai pas l'option "modifier". La feuille et le stylo sont grisées.

Pourtant je suis bien équipé d'un nouveau disque de 4To (Comme les 3 autres)
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Re: Instructions for Adding HDDs to RAID

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Which TOS version are you currently using?
Is the model of the new hard drive the same as the old hard drive?
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Re: Instructions for Adding HDDs to RAID

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My TOS version is: 5.0.176

Yes and no.
I have 2 disks Western Digital
And 2 disks Seageate
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Re: Instructions for Adding HDDs to RAID

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Hi, please collect and download a log package in TOS Desktop-Technical Support. take out the disk.txt in the log package, and send it to us by sharing the link or sending it to the technical support mailbox for analysis.
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TMzethar wrote: 01 Apr 2023, 11:22 Hi, please collect and download a log package in TOS-Technical Support-Problem Feedback, take out the disk.txt in the log package, and send it to us by sharing the link or send it to the technical support mailbox for analysis.
Hey man i dont understand to you im french
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c'est bon j'ai envoyé le mail
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