andyd Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 So I missed this important bullet point when removing a drive from an array... "This method does not keep the drive's data within the array." I am to blame but also I don't really understand why removing a drive is not a simpler procedure where I don't have to worry about this issue. Now that the drive is removed and the parity is being rebuilt - do I just mount this drive and move over the data from the removed drive? I do not want to lose the data on this drive. Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 There's many methods to remove a drive. The simplest involves no loss of data on the drive - Just do a new config and rebuild parity The more complicated means writing zeroes to the drive to be removed and then doing a new config and selecting that parity is already valid. If you followed the directions to zero out the drive to be removed, then there's no data on the drive to be salvaged. If you did the simple method, just mount the drive with Unassigned Devices and you can transfer the data back to the array no problems. Quote Link to comment
andyd Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 Yeah, I still had the data and moved it over. I'll probably use Unbalance next time Quote Link to comment
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