Edvard_Grieg Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Hi- I've got a failed data drive that is being emulated. Normally no big deal and I'd replace it. However, I'd like to increase my parity size as well. Right now parity drive is 14tb, and I'd like to be able to do 2x16tb. My plan at the moment was to buy a 16tb and a 14tb, replace the failing disk with a 14tb and then replace the current parity with a 16tb moving the existing parity drive into the array. Is there an effective way I can replace the failing disk in my array with a 16tb and replace the parity drive with a 16tb as well? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 https://wiki.unraid.net/The_parity_swap_procedure Quote Link to comment
Edvard_Grieg Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/16/2021 at 10:41 AM, jonathanm said: https://wiki.unraid.net/The_parity_swap_procedure Very interesting....so basically by putting the old parity drive into the 'slot' of the disabled drive and installing the new drive into the parity slot it would then trigger the option to copy the parity information over, and then afterwards would 're-build' the old parity drive into the replaced data drive? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Yep. Just be sure to follow the procedure very carefully. Quote Link to comment
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