Adding an HDD to a RAID 5/RAID 6 Volume
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You can expand the storage capacity of the RAID 5/RAID 6 volume by adding a
Spare HDD to the RAID 5/RAID 6 volume. Please refer to the online Help on the
"Storage > Volume" page of the Web Management UI for detailed instructions.
Change Volume Type
If you have created a Basic, RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume, you could add a new
drive to the
Synology Disk Station
, and then click “Change” on the Volume page
to change the volume type. You have following options:
1. Change Basic to RAID 1
2. Change Basic to RAID 5
3. Change RAID 1 to RAID 5
4. Change RAID 5 to RAID 5+Spare
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Supported on specific models only. Please refer to the product Specification table.
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