disk "not installed" for a long time now. Can I replace with bigger disk?


xrqp

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Notice Disk 3 was a 4TB disk and is not installed.  Here is screen of my current:

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I think it was one or two years ago I removed that physical disk as I did not need it or want it.  I do not recall procedures.  Now, I think maybe there is a software procedure (shrink array) that  I did not do that I should have done, and that it is bad to leave it, because now I think my parity protection is being consumed for it, and If I loose another disk I really lose it.  Is that correct?

 

When I click "view" for disk 3, it shows zero folders and zero files, which is what I expected.

 

 

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53 minutes ago, xrqp said:

Now, I think maybe there is a software procedure (shrink array) that  I did not do that I should have done, and that it is bad to leave it, because now I think my parity protection is being consumed for it, and If I loose another disk I really lose it.  Is that correct?

Pretty much. Worse, you would lose everything in the emulated disk3 at the same time. You can replace disk3 with an 8TB normally, or a larger drive using

https://wiki.unraid.net/The_parity_swap_procedure

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