HOW TO Upgrading HDD in a Raid 5 array with LS-QVL/E-AP (LinkStation Quad)

[Styrofoam]

I recently just purchased the Link Station Quad empty shell and installed my own 4 x 1TB HDD as a short term solution while I get everything of my PC that is to be upgraded.

 

The RAID array is already full as expected and I plan on upgrading the HDD in the NAS soon from 1TB drives to 3TB drives. Rather than doing the fun and games of copying back and forth between NAS and PC drives etc etc. Is there a way I can simply eject 1 HDD at a time and replace them with 3TB into the NAS?

 

To clarify, is it possible or is there a way to change the 1TB drive to 3TB without transferring files so I can simply replace 1 drive at a time and rebuild the raid array until all 4 drives have been upgraded.

 

Tried to do some searching but am either using the wrong search terms or what I want to achieve simply is not possible other than to copy the data onto another medium, upgrade the drives and copy everything back.

 

Thanks in advance!

[davo]

It is not possible to upgrade the HDDs without data loss

[naphman]

Thx for that headsup too!

 

Unfortunately I already attempted - any ideas how to reverse the process? (ie I still have the original one(1) drive that has been pulled out)

 

 

Still a little dirty on Buffalo - the Netgear x4bay old thing has let me plug in a myriad of drives and just accepts and copies data onto it. I thought the better quality system Buffalo would just work also.

 

 

So.....if I returned the original drive - *would* it just see it, or even need to - rebuild to copy the original data back?

Anyone attempted?

 

THX!

___LEO__

[realborat]

Check this out...

http://buffalo-sg.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13692/kw/LS-QVL" target="_blank">http://buffalo-sg.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13692/kw/LS-QVL