Replacing or migrating the QTS OS Disk to larger HDD

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Where can I find the procedure I can follow to replace or migrate the QTS OS Disk to a larger HDD?

The existing setup:
2x RAID 1 - 2TB HDD

Replacement HDD:
2x RAID 1 - 4TB HDD

Thank you in advance.

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There is no OS disk, the OS is on all drives.

Capacity upgrade is explained here

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Thank you, @dolbyman ,
So I can just insert the new empty larger drive during the online business hours without any downtime ?

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That should work, yes

Just make sure your backups are good and current, as this could always go bad (a disk fails during rebuild)

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Thanks to dolbyman for the info!

I just want to add a quick clarification to avoid any misunderstanding for other users.
Unlike a typical personal computer, our NAS doesn’t use a separate “OS Disk.” Therefore, users don’t need to distinguish between which drive is the system drive and which is the data drive.
(I hope I haven’t misunderstood your point!)

Thanks!

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Wow, that’s great, thank you @SteveKo for the clarification.

So I guess, when any of the RAID disks are replaced or upgraded to bigger capacity, the OS components will then normalise or spread across those disks evenly for redundancy.

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Does this mean the 845.60 GB is the area reserved for the QTS OS ?

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The reserved space also includes your guaranteed snapshot space you defined

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Yes, it does make sense.
thank you @dolbyman .