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Hello, if I used a 4-bay drive with SoftRAID, with the setup 4 bays at 4TB each and upgraded one of those drives to 12TB (so 3x4TB, 1x12TB) to slowly expand the drive size over time, is this possible?
If it is, will this drive read as 12TB or will all remaining drives need to be upgraded to 12TB first for them to read correctly?
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My plan is to use (currently that is) to use a TERRAMASTER D4-320 (4-bay enclosure) with SoftRAID connected to a Mac Mini M1 to use as a media drive for 1080p (and lower) movies and TV shows and using homesharing to the Apple TV (app) to Apple TV (product) for media viewing. And I wanted to start off with smaller drives and slowly upgrade each drive over time to larger ones.
This topic was modified 7 days ago by AitoHikari
Posted : 14/04/2026 1:08 am
You will not get the increased capacity until all disks are replaced, and then you can use the "resize volume" command in SoftRAID.
Posted : 14/04/2026 11:25 am
In the meantime, you can still use the extra 8TB on the 12TB drive to create another volume. And when you replace a second drive, you will be able to create a RAID 0 or 1 with 2x 8TB, if you so desire, and so on.
If you choose to do this progressively, you have to do some planning ahead, and be somewhat strategic and creative. There are many possibilities depending on what you are trying to achieve and needs you are trying to meet or balance.
Posted : 16/04/2026 8:18 pm
