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  1. 11 minutes ago, bclinton said:

    So unraid will continue to function normal through this process?

    Looks like if from Jorge's answer.

     

    11 minutes ago, bclinton said:

    About how long should I expect it to take?

    It will probably depend on the amount of data on the pool. Good idea to move what is not needed before I guess. Jorge might have a better idea of the time it takes.

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  2. It should be quite simple:

    • disable Docker and VM services in Settings (maybe optional, not sure)
    • access the pool configuration by clicking on "cache"
    • run a scrub on the Pool to be sure to start with something clean (optional)
    • In the "Balance" section, select the RAID profile you desire (RAID1 for you)
    • and click "Balance"
    • Enable the services you disabled earlier

    I do not think it is even required to disable Docker and VM services in Settings (to be confirmed by users with more experience in the matter). In any case, if it was for me, I'd do it.

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  3. 30 minutes ago, Ustrombase said:

    I am unsure as these RAM was bought in August of 2020 so is it even possible to ask for a replacement from the manufacturer?

    It will depend on the legal warranties obligations in your country (for RMA with the store) but also on the warranties offered by the manufacturer. Big name tend to offer a very long RMA period on RAM. Might be a good idea to investigate further.

  4. 3 hours ago, cartaio95 said:

    tried unbalance... it says that it finished but nothing happened

    Then either do it manually on the command line, or use Midnight Commander (mc on the console).

     

    Personally, I use MC all the time for my manual drive operations.

  5. 8 hours ago, TheDaveAbides said:

    I really do want the 2nd drive to be a backup/mirror of the first. I just don't know if it's worth setting it up as a parity with the supposed performance hit I hear about (vs mirrored drives). Although my cache drive is plenty big, so I doubt I would even notice. I know it would make expansion easy, but expansion in my case involves a new mobo/case. That's why I wonder if there is an alternate way to set up 2 HHDs. I'm having enough GPU issues, where I'm starting to question the whole thing.

    You need to have an Array to start Docker or VM services. But you don't have to actually use the Array.

    If one (or several) Pool(s) suits you better, you add a cheap USB flash drive as the only data drive in the Array and only run of the Pools.

     

    You could use your 2 12TB HDDs in one BTRFS RAID1 pool.

     

    Note that you cannot use one Pool as 'cache' for another Pool used as 'storage'. But you could use one as data and the other as fast storage for dockers, VMs, etc.

    Those limitations might change in the future though, the current multiple Pools and the future multiple Arrays will require changes in the Mover behavior. Not much details or deadline for the moment.

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