Ix4-300d: JBOD expandable without rebuilding volume / data loss

In the german Lenovo forum there is the following questiion, which I can not answer:
Assuming an ix4-300d filled with 1,2, or 3 drives as JBOD (no Raid). Can it be expanded by adding other blank drives without the need to start from scratc, to say loosing all data because of rebuilding the volume.
'just plug in empty drive, reboot and let it run'
Ref. http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Allgemeine-Diskussion/​NAS-ix4-300d-zweite-Festplatte-einbauen-ohne-die-e​...
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Hello wolliballa,
I still highly recommend backing up critical data before doing any RAID migrations or expanding an array just in case something goes wrong in the process. 
With the ix4-300d, you can expand a NONE ( JBOD ) array to newly added disks without wiping data.  To do this, you would navigate to the "drive management" page in the web interface after booting the unit with the added drive(s), then click on "settings" at the top of the drive management page.  Within the drive management >settings page you should see a "add disks to existing storage system" check box.  If you check that option all new disks would be added to the existing JBOD array.  
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