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Title: Adding a single drive & new firmware update
Post by: tek_01 on July 20, 2015, 02:37:14 AM

Hey guys before i go ahead and lose all my data like when I initially bought the NAS and inserted 4 drives in there with data on them which wiped them without asking, Thought id ask first :)

Basically i have the LS QVL R5 4 bay NAS with 4x 2tb drives in there. Running f/w 1.68 atm
The drives are set up in XFS as Single Drives.
If i were to remove 1 drive and insert another drive, will it just come up as a single unformatted drive which i can just go to the settings menu and format ? Or will it do something silly and erase them all and put them into 1 big raid array again or whatever it done the first time?

Also just confirming that this device can take 4tb drives? was thinking of getting the WD reds or seagate 7200rpms

Finally, should i do the f/w update from 1.68 to 1.7? Is it advised to backup just "in case" or does it actually wipe the device?

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: Adding a single drive & new firmware update
Post by: davo on July 20, 2015, 05:06:57 AM

Backup is recommended AT ALL times. Simple as that. RAID IS NOT a backup.

What RAID mode are you using?

Title: Re: Adding a single drive & new firmware update
Post by: tek_01 on July 20, 2015, 08:07:43 PM

They are set up as 4 separate single drives
No raid

Title: Re: Adding a single drive & new firmware update
Post by: tek_01 on July 23, 2015, 07:29:36 PM

So has anyone ever done this on single drives (non raid setup)?
Do I have to "remove disk" in the options or can I just put new one in and format ?

Title: Re: Adding a single drive & new firmware update
Post by: Texturtle on July 24, 2015, 08:50:53 AM

I would recommend you use the remove disk option. Also, keep in mind that this unit does not support hot swap.

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