October 18, 20214 yr Here's the situation: I have a failed data drive, but my replacement drive is larger than my existing parity drive. Is there a way to swap the existing parity drive with the new larger drive and using the old parity drive to replace the failed data drive without losing data? Thanks for any advice!
October 18, 20214 yr Community Expert The parity swap process is documented in the online documentation that can be accessed via the Manual link at the bottom of the Unraid GUI.
October 18, 20214 yr Author Fantastic! I never tried a parity swap before and always assumed it was only for an array without a failed drive. Thanks!!
October 18, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, DoeBoye said: always assumed it was only for an array without a failed drive. It only works for an array WITH a failed drive. If you don't have any failed drives, you simply replace the parity drive with a larger one and rebuild parity on it.
October 18, 20214 yr Author 24 minutes ago, JonathanM said: It only works for an array WITH a failed drive. If you don't have any failed drives, you simply replace the parity drive with a larger one and rebuild parity on it. I know that NOW! . I always thought it was just a short cut to save time when you wanted to upgrade parity and put it in the array at the same time. TIL
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