Error : disk in parity slot is not biggest

[UndeadStudios]

I'm trying to add some new disks to my array,

 

I had Parity as 8TB, 2x8Tb and 4x4Tb data drives working as expected.

 

Tried to add a 16Tb as parity 2 and 2x16Tb as extra data drives and it won't allow me to saying the parity drive is not the biggest.

 

Some searching led me to HPA which is on the flash drive but not any of the HDD's, swapping the larger parity to Parity 1 and doing another sync, will this fix the issue? (still has 25hrs to go)

 

Thanks

[itimpi]

Neither parity drive can be smaller than the largest data drive, although they do not have to be the same size.

[UndeadStudios]

10 hours ago, itimpi said:

Neither parity drive can be smaller than the largest data drive, although they do not have to be the same size.

 

So both have to be 16Tb or larger?

 

Can I remove the *tb and go back to 1 parity drive at 16Tb?

Edited March 8, 2022 by UndeadStudios

[UndeadStudios]

So I removed the 8Tb drive from parity, did a fresh config on the array and all the drives are now able to be assigned.

 

I'll have to add another 16Tb to parity slot 2 for 2 parity drives I guess?

That will have to wait until I can buy another one.

 

It's syncing again with all drives present

 

Thanks

[itimpi]

2 hours ago, UndeadStudios said:

So both have to be 16Tb or larger?

 

Yes if you want data drives to be up to 16TB.