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Is there any NAS software that just lets you add disks whenever you want, while using them for redundancy if they aren't full? I wish something was as easy as adding another disk and having the redundancy go up, then removing a disk and having the redundancy go down.


Mergerfs plus SnapRAID comes close to your ask:

https://perfectmediaserver.com/02-tech-stack/mergerfs/


If you just want a mirror, that's easy (I like ZFS but any software RAID should let you add/remove mirrored disks easily). If you mean mirror until it's full then automatically convert to striped, I don't think anyone does that and I don't think anyone would want that, because people who care enough about protecting their data to use a mirror don't want it to automatically stop being a mirror.


https://www.greyhole.net/

(Not great for many tiny files or file contents changing a lot.)


Unraid is probably the closest to that.


Windows Storage Spaces kinda works like this.




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