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replace HD 2TB to 4Tb

There is DEFINATELY a procedure to do this.

  1. Get an external 2TB USB drive and backup the NAS. Seriously.
  2. Replace disk #2. . . .you will get a message to “rebuild raid”. Do it.
  3. Wait a day. . .it takes time
  4. Replace disk #1 . . . you will get a message to “Rebuild raid”. Do it.
  5. Wait a day. At this point. . . the NAS is going to show 2TB nas.
  6. Do a “Expand volume”. This will convert the system to 4TB.

I never did this myself. . .so user beware.
When I ran out of space. . .I just bought another NAS :slight_smile:

Edit:
Oh. . .my procedure works. . but there is an easier way:
Follow this procedure: My Cloud: Upgrade the Drives on a Device (RAID Expansion)

This is basically executing the same steps in a script.

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