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I have a asustor drivestor 2bay running two 4tb Western digital NAS drives in raid 1
I am filling them up faster than expected and bought two seagate pro 12tb drives to replace them
I am having trouble finding consistent instructions on how to make the swap. Most instructions are written for hot-swappable setups like the lockerstor
Can i open the case, power it up, then just swap em as if it was a front-mounted hot-swap nas or is there another way I need to do it?
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It’s great that you’re expanding your storage! However, since the Asustor Drivestor 2-bay doesn’t support hot-swapping drives (like the Lockerstor models), you’ll need to follow a slightly different procedure to replace your existing 4TB drives with the new 12TB Seagate Pro drives.
Here’s how you can do it safely:
Steps to Replace Drives:
Backup your data: Before making any changes, make sure you have a complete backup of your important data. This is always a good precaution.
Shutdown the NAS: Power off your Drivestor NAS completely. You should not perform any disk swaps while the NAS is powered on, as it could lead to data corruption.
Swap one drive at a time:
Remove the first 4TB drive: Open the NAS case (or use the drive trays if applicable), remove the first 4TB drive, and replace it with the new 12TB Seagate Pro drive.
Power on the NAS: Once the first new drive is in place, power on the NAS and let it rebuild the RAID 1 array with the new 12TB drive.
Wait for the rebuild to complete: This might take a while, depending on the amount of data on your drives. You can check the status in the NAS's management interface.
Swap the second drive: Once the RAID rebuild completes and the first 12TB drive is integrated into the array, repeat the process for the second 4TB drive. Remove the second 4TB drive, replace it with the second 12TB drive, and let the RAID array rebuild again.
Expand the volume: After both 12TB drives are installed, you’ll need to expand your storage pool to use the full capacity of the new drives. You can do this through the NAS management interface (Asustor’s ADM software), where you’ll find options to extend the volume.
Important Notes:
Since you’re upgrading to larger drives, you may need to reshape the RAID 1 array or expand the file system after the swap. This can be done through the Asustor interface once the RAID rebuild process finishes.
Ensure that the new drives are compatible with your Drivestor model.
