BrettWeaver

So then, until I get the new drives, I'll have to keep the Parity drive on the enclosure, then upgrade each of the ones on the server, and eventually get the parity drive connected directly to the server. Keeping in mind any upgraded HD will need to be under 6tb, unless I get a larger drive as the parity first before going to the next level with the old drives.

Understood. The trick was to have the parity drive up to date, correct? That was my initial issue. I inherited this server, and it ran fine on it's own for years. But I am aware that I needed to not only expand, but get a new computer to run this. Hence getting the Dell Server. The issue really started when I realized that after all these years, I could've lost everything if one of the 4 original drives went down!

Jorge, Those drives are considered new as I have never put anything on them. I unassigned them. Trurl, I think that's the direction I am going to go. I was just seeing if I could save money by using the enclosure. I am going to start upgrading my drives, and use the enclosure as back up connected to my primary computer. Thanks again, everyone!

It looks like there is an eSata port open. The other connects to the 4 drives I have already connected. If I had bought 4 ssd I could do this, but I have HDs. An external enclosure which uses eSata would work, right?

Alright! I pulled The usb enclosure, and reset the drives. Here's how it looks now. I cracked open the server and confirmed I only have 4 spaces for drives which I am using the drives I had previously. They seem to still be up and available. The question is what to do next. After reading, I am seeing that using a USB 3 enclosure is not advisable since it's possible for the devices to reset (which is what I think happened in the brief power outage we had here) and that they are showing as generic devices. How about an eSata connected enclosure? I am not seeing in the forums that most are not against it.... The server itself is pretty powerful and will give me the ability to do more with Docker and Plex. Thoughts? And thank you for help so far, btw.

Yes, unfortunately. That's why I got the USB enclosure. I can still pull the 256 gb ssd, since it was what came with the server. I

Nothing on the usb drives yet, I don't think. The Parity drive is in the enclosure. Unfortunately, I don't have more space in server. The 130 PB is what got my attention too. And of course, this issue happened during our ice storm here in Texas and I think we lost power for a couple of short periods.

I have recently rebuilt and added on to my unraid NAS. Most of my drives are 3TB, and the parity drive I set up is 6tb. I don't know what happened, but my array spun down and I am seeing errors. What should I be looking for here, and what are my next steps? I've had this server for many years, but only recently started adding and actually using it. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. bigdaddy-diagnostics-20230202-2137.zip