Hi,
I have been reading the official tutorial wiki on this and watching some YouTube videos on this.
There is a recommendation about pre-clearing the new parity drive. Just want to confirm I'm doing this in the right order.
I have the following:
1x 8TB parity drive
2x 4TB data drives
1x 8TB data drive
All my SATA slots are used up.
I have a new 1x 16TB hard drive
I want to:
Replace the 8TB parity drive with the 16TB hard drive.
Replace one of the 4TB hard drives (which is currently basically empty) with the former 8TB parity drive.
This is what I plan to do:
Stop the array
un-assign the 4TB hard drive (which I want to replace with the current 8TB parity drive)
Start the array and check the "Yes I want to do this"
Stop the array
Power down
Take out the 4TB hard drive
Install the 16TB hard drive
Power On
Stop the array
Pre-Clear the the 16TB hard drive <- This is the only difference from the tutorial
Un-Assign the current 8TB Parity drive
Assign the 16TB drive in the parity slot
Assign the former 8TB parity drive into slot for the old 4TB hard drive (which I removed)
Go to the Main ->Array Operation
Put check in the "Yes, I want to do this" and click copy and then wait a long time
Once the start button is available, check "Yes, I want to do this" and click start.
Is this the correct way of doing this?