[Unassigned Devices - Managing Disk Drives and Remote Shares Outside of The Unraid Array]

On 9/20/2018 at 9:22 PM, jonathanm said:

Depends on how you move it. If the array is already parity protected, adding the drive to the array would invalidate parity, so it will be cleared before adding. If you don't have a parity disk assigned, it will be added intact. If you wish to add it to the array and you already have valid parity, you will have to set a new config and rebuild parity after adding the disk.

 

If this is not clear, ask specific questions before doing anything. You can easily erase data if you push the wrong button.

Thanks mate, I'm glad i raised the question. So to make sure the data on the unassigned drive is intact once i add it to the array. Firstly, i would stop the array, go to settings, new config and then i would preserve the data slots and cache slots but not the parity slots. 

Start the array and then add the unassigned drive and then later rebuild the parity drive? Would this be correct?

[Unassigned Devices - Managing Disk Drives and Remote Shares Outside of The Unraid Array]

Hi, in regards to this quote"DIsks formated XFS or BTRFS will be partitioned compatible with the array disks and can be installed in the array without a re-format."

If i move an unassigned disk that was formatted to XFS, to my array, will the data be still in tact, or will it delete all the files? I have the files in the appropriate share folder.