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Can't expand volume after adding drive to RAID 5 storage pool
Posted: 17 Oct 2021, 06:50
by zathrath03
I added a fourth HDD to my RAID 5. The storage pool correctly increased for the added drive. However, when I attempted to expand the volume, the volume capacity is grayed out.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Re: Can't expand volume after adding drive to RAID 5 storage pool
Posted: 17 Oct 2021, 07:44
by zathrath03
SOLVED:
Turns out you need to disable the SSD cache to be able to adjust the volume size. Not sure why, but it worked, so I guess the why doesn't really matter.
Re: Can't expand volume after adding drive to RAID 5 storage pool
Posted: 18 Oct 2021, 23:32
by V8Triker
Thanks for posting the resolution, just in case it ever happens to me.
Saying that, I have 3 drives in RAID5, and then 2 in RAID1 for "safety".