Parity drive replacement

[Chester]

Hello folks:

 

I have a 2 array system - a 12TB parity drive, and 2TB data drive.

 

Hardware prices are bananas and I would like to repurpose the 12TB drive to another system,  and replace it with a smaller drive.  (The case I am using is too small, and I would rather burn out a smaller drive while I figure out cases / cooling).

 

But, I thought I read somewhere that the replacement parity drive needs to be the same size or bigger than the original?  Can anyone confirm - I cannot find the reference.

 

Thanks all.

 

 

[JorgeB]

6 minutes ago, Chester said:

I thought I read somewhere that the replacement parity drive needs to be the same size or bigger than the original? 

No, it needs to be the same size or larger than the largest data disk in the array.

[Chester]

thanks so much!