Changing a data drive to a parity drive?

[dimas]

Good evening,

 

I have been using Unraid for a few months now (Ver. 6.8.3 and I love it! I have grown accustomed to removing drives and doing a data rebuild but now I am puzzled, so here it goes:

 

I have capacity for 9 drives, and they are currently all in use. I have 1 parity drive, but I would like to change one of the data drives to a second parity drive. I have looked through the community and seen a lot of different suggestions on how to do this. From doing 'New Config' but that I need to use unBalance to move the data off of a drive first? Another post suggests to remove a drive and then add it as the 2nd parity but that still leaves the array expecting the drive will be replaced. Is there an easier way to do this?

 

I have found this wiki https://wiki.unraid.net/index.php/Shrink_array#The_.22Clear_Drive_Then_Remove_Drive.22_Method but am worried about data loss. Probably just overly paranoid but was hoping I could get some insight from those more advanced in the community before I proceed.

 

Thanks in advance!

[trurl]

6 minutes ago, dimas said:

'New Config' but that I need to ... move the data off of a drive first?

That is basically it.

 

Lots of ways to move the data off, unBALANCE is one.