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NAS - QNAP - Replace all hard drives to expand the RAID group size

You can replace all hard disk members with a larger capacity hard disk to increase the storage capacity limit of the RAID group.

This operation can be operated online without interrupting data access or any NAS services.


  • Navigate to Main Menu → Storage and Snapshots → Storage/Snapshots.
  • Make sure that all hot spare hard drives and global hot spare hard drives assigned to this RAID group are disabled.
  • Choose a storage pool or a single statically configured volume.
  • Click Manage.
  • Choose a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 or RAID 10 group.
  • Select Manage → Replace hard drives one by one.
  • Select the hard drive to be replaced.
  • Confirm that the capacity of the new hard drive is greater than the capacity of the hard drive to be replaced.
  • Click Change.
    • This will display Please pull out this hard drive.
  • Remove the hard drive from the slot.
    • The NAS will beep twice.
    • This will display Please insert a new hard drive.
  • Insert the new hard disk into the same slot.
    • The NAS will beep twice.
    • The status of the hard disk and RAID group will display Under reconstruction.
  • Wait for the reconstruction to complete.

    WARNING: Do not remove any hard drives during the RAID group reconstruction process.

  • Hard drive status changed back[good].
  • Repeat the above steps to replace all hard disks in the RAID group.
  • After replacing all hard drives and the rebuilding operation is complete, you can use the Expand Capacity button.
  • Click Expand Capacity.
  • The confirmation message appears.
    • Click OK.
  • The NAS will beep, and the RAID group status will change to synchronizing.

    WARNING: Do not turn off the power of the NAS or remove any hard drives while the hard drives are being synchronized.

  • The RAID group status will change to Ready.
nas/qnap/replace_all_hard_drives_to_expand_the_raid_group_size.txt · Last modified: 2021/09/13 13:38 by peter

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