epoch1970 wrote: > IMHO the best is to take a cold, full backup copy right away, as you're > doing with an USB drive. > If both drives in the array were identical, the healthy one has now, > statistically, a high chance of failing. > > AFAIK you can rebuild and extend a 1TB mirror array into, say, a 2TB > mirror array using qnap's OS. However, rebuilding is a prolonged stress > period for the HDDs, and there is a small possibility for failure of the > 1TB healthy drive during the operation. > > I would take a full copy on the USB drive, then buy 2 new drives, create > an empty array and fill it from the USB drive. > It will take time, but you'll still have the original 1TB mirror in its > current state in case something goes wrong. > > HTH
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