Rob Baker Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I have an array of five 8 TB drives (four data drives, one parity). One (data) drive has died. I am going to replace it. I know the parity drive should be the largest in your array. That being said, can I replace my failed 8 TB drive with something bigger - possibly only being able to use the first 8 TB? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 24 minutes ago, Rob Baker said: One (data) drive has died. What indicator is telling you that? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 https://wiki.unraid.net/The_parity_swap_procedure Quote Link to comment
Rob Baker Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 14 minutes ago, JonathanM said: https://wiki.unraid.net/The_parity_swap_procedure Many thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Those things in your screenshots do not say there is anything wrong with the disk. In fact, the healthy SMART indicator suggests there is nothing at all wrong with the disk. Bad connections are much more common than bad disks. Probably better to get your connections fixed before even attempting parity swap, if that is indeed what you want to do. Attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread. Quote Link to comment
Rob Baker Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 deathstar-diagnostics-20211003-1419.zip Quote Link to comment
Rob Baker Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 Something is up with the system, I have been trying to offline the array for about 10 minutes now. Normally, it comes down quickly. Quote Link to comment
Rob Baker Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 I seem to be going in the right direction. Thanks again for your input. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Check connections on disk2, reboot and post new diagnostics Quote Link to comment
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