RAID1 HDD upgrade on TS-201 via hotswap

[fribse]

It was never a part of the specs for the smaller nas's.
And certainly not for the *01 series.

[ssway]

I just successfully completed a RAID 1 HDD upgrade (500Gb to 1.5Tb) on TS-201 via the following method (only useful if you don't have a spare drive).

Using the OP's naming convention:
1) Remove C1 and C2 from TS-201 and Install N1 and N2 and format for RAID 1 (make sure to label the actual drives as slot 1 and 2 and don't change the order)
2) Take out N2 and connect to PC via SATA and format as NTFS (or anything else that your OS would like)
3) Install C1 and C2 back in TS-201 and copy all data over the network to the PC
4) Remove C1 and C2 and place JUST N1 back in TS-201 (make sure to place it in slot 1)
5) Boot TS-201 and it should go to degrade mode (if the disk shows as Invalid you probably placed it in the wrong slot)
6) Copy all data over the network from the PC to TS-201
7) Delete all partitions from N2 and install back in TS-201
Boot TS-201 and it should rebuild the RAID with all the data intact

Good job! If I may ask, what 1.5TB HDD's did you put into your TS-201? The compatibility list shows only up to 1.0 TB being supported. Any issues so far?

[Barbarian]

Good job! If I may ask, what 1.5TB HDD's did you put into your TS-201? The compatibility list shows only up to 1.0 TB being supported. Any issues so far?

I used WD 1.5Tb Green (WD15EADS). I've been running with no problems so far.

[ianmacfarlane]

In case it's useful I found another way to do it.

Basically, put C2 in a caddy on a third party computer, wipe it, format (e.g. NTFS) and copy via that computer over the network, then back again.