is volume expansion taking place? case number: 19079301

[chilblain]

I just finished upgrading my drives in my Ultra NAS 4 to 3TB drives, from 1.5TBs. The sync process completed, but how can I tell if and when the volume expansion process is taking place? I rebooted the system per the log, but nothing is happening?

[mdgm]

Try another reboot if you don't see expansion taking place under Volumes in Frontview.

[chilblain]

yeah, it still just says 1382 allocated on both drives under Volumes in Frontview. I am rebooting it.

What would it say if the expansion is taking place?

[mdgm]

I haven't expanded a volume for a while now but you would certainly see the size of the volume increasing.

[chilblain]

is there a way to force the volume expansion? or does it just do it when it feels like it?

[mdgm]

If it doesn't start expanding after a few reboots contact support. They can help you determine what's gone wrong. Open a case at my.netgear.com and attach your logs (Status > Logs > Download all logs) zip file. Edit the thread title (i.e. subject of first post in the thread) to include your case number.

[chilblain]

awesome, thank you... i will try that.

[chilblain]

i updated the firmware and it looks like the volume expansion is now working... takes a LONG time, but I can see it happening in RAIDar. Thank you all for your help.

[mdgm]

Yes it has to sync the disks sector by sector. With larger capacity disks this does take longer. What version of RAIDiator did you update from/to?