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Manfred:
I have a "old" QNAP TS-419 P+, 4 Bay with 4 x WDRED 3 TB disks

kr4:

--- Quote from: Manfred on June 12, 2017, 06:00:21 am ---I have a "old" QNAP TS-419 P+, 4 Bay with 4 x WDRED 3 TB disks

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Is this in a RAID configuration?  If so, the easiest route may be possible.  After a full back up, replace each 3Tb drive with a 6Tb (or 4Tb or 8Tb) drive, one at a time. With each replacement, QNAP will rebuild the storage pool and expand it. 

Again, this depends on the current RAID setup.  If you are not using RAID, you would have to restore the data manually from the backup.

blgentry:
This discussion is one of the reasons I don't want to use NAS at home.  I prefer large host attached drives.  Very easy to upgrade.  Very easy to migrate.  Just add a new big drive and copy from one to the other.

Maybe a similar NAS solution is worth considering?  Buy a new NAS with bigger drives and copy across them.  Do you have a backup strategy now?  If you don't, you really should.

Good luck.

Brian.

Manfred:
It is Raid 5 configured.

kr4:

--- Quote from: Manfred on June 12, 2017, 02:57:42 pm ---It is Raid 5 configured.

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If your firmware is up to date and you have a full separate back-up, you should be able to simply replace the drives, one at a time with larger drives.  In my experience with 5Tb drives, it will take a several hours each time to rebuild the pool and resynch the drives. 

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