RAID0 to RAID4 by adding two extra drives? - Functionality Issues https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/raid0-to-raid4-by-adding-two-extra-drives/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:25:01 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: RAID0 to RAID4 by adding two extra drives? https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/raid0-to-raid4-by-adding-two-extra-drives/#post-23253 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:39:48 +0000 @smayer97 

Sorry no. We do not support adding disks to a volume to increase capacity. That requires re-arranging all data on the volume.

]]> Functionality Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/raid0-to-raid4-by-adding-two-extra-drives/#post-23253 RE: RAID0 to RAID4 by adding two extra drives? https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/raid0-to-raid4-by-adding-two-extra-drives/#post-23252 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:09:19 +0000 Is it possible to convert RAID 0 to RAID 4 first, then add drives later? so, add one or two drives to RAID 0, then convert to RAID 4?

]]> Functionality Issues smayer97 https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/raid0-to-raid4-by-adding-two-extra-drives/#post-23252 RE: RAID0 to RAID4 by adding two extra drives? https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/raid0-to-raid4-by-adding-two-extra-drives/#post-23250 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:38:03 +0000 We do not have a way to add two disks. Just backup and create a new volume.

]]> Functionality Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/raid0-to-raid4-by-adding-two-extra-drives/#post-23250 RAID0 to RAID4 by adding two extra drives? https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-8-functionality-issues/raid0-to-raid4-by-adding-two-extra-drives/#post-23247 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:09:05 +0000 Hi there,

I'm about to upgrade my Express 4M2 from 2 drives to 4, all of the same type and size. In the process I wish to convert from RAID0 with 2 drives to RAID4 with 4 drives.  I can see that I can complete this upgrade with 3 drives but will I be able to add in the fourth drive somehow? Or do I need to build a new RAID4 and copy all the data back onto the 4M2 from the backup?

Cheers,

Patrick.

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