how to expand disk capacity in raid 1 field windows server 2019?

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how to expand disk capacity in raid 1 field windows server 2019?

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Hello,

I have two disks in raid one field, but since the space is still small, I replaced them with new ones, currently 2 TB, but now I cannot increase the space, the capacity in raid 1 field remains 1 TB, which is small. I would like to know if I should recreate the raid 1 field and if I will lose the data on the disk that is at the time of creation, or how would it be done the fastest and most elegantly?

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Thank you in advance

Best regards

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Anonymous

Hi A S,

Thanks for your post. Based on my research, it is necessary to back up the data because the original data will be lost due to the replacement. Here are my recommended steps to expand disks.

(1) Do a backup of the current disks and verified that the backup is good (2) Delete the shares on the RAID 1 pair (3) Use Frontpanel/Volume menu to (virtuelly) remove one disk from the RAID 1 pair.

(4) Delete the volume(s) on the remaining disk => the "add volume" tap will appear and the two 500GB disks in slots as disks which are available to create a new volume. (5) Shut down the NV+. (6) Physically remove the disks in slots. (7) Insert the new disks in slots. (8) Use Frontpanel/Volume menu to create a new RAID 1 volume on the disks. (9) Restart NV+ to create volume and synchronize disks. (10) Recreate shares on the new volume. (11) Restore contents of the recreated shares from the backup.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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A S 60 Reputation points

2024-04-11T08:28:11.64+00:00

Greeting,

thanks for calling.

I inserted larger disks and the data was synchronized because I was inserting one disk at a time since it was stacked in the raid 1 field, as you can see, the problem for me is that there are now 2 TB disks in the computer, but the capacity of the raid 1 field remained 1 TB and now I'm interested in how to increase the space without losing data and whether I can do it under server load or better outside of working hours?

Thank you in advance

Best regards
Anonymous

2024-04-16T03:04:09.5666667+00:00

Hi A S,

Thanks for your post. Please understand that we cannot guarantee that the data will not be lost after adding disks because the data write mechanism is not one by one. It is a very complicated process and you can refer to the following article to see the process. As mentioned before, it is the recommended way to the expand way. Reference: A few basic concepts in disk sizing - Microsoft Community Hub
A S 60 Reputation points

2024-04-19T06:47:27.9+00:00

Hi,

Thanks.

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