next drive = parity drive #2?

[demoeb]

Hi everyone! Just a quick and probable dumb question - If I add another HDD, it will be parity drive #2, right?

 

Please refer screenshot 

 

[JorgeB]

Depends if you add is as parity or data drive.

[demoeb]

Great! I see now, I've just added another data drive. Cheers for that.

[demoeb]

Sorry, another question now -- How do I "balance" out the free space on this new drive, to distribute it among the other older drives? 

 

[JonathanM]

17 minutes ago, demoeb said:

How do I "balance" out the free space on this new drive, to distribute it among the other older drives? 

Why, exactly, would you want to do this?

 

There are many reasons NOT to, and very few reasons to do it.

[demoeb]

1 hour ago, JonathanM said:

Why, exactly, would you want to do this?

 

There are many reasons NOT to, and very few reasons to do it.

oh i see. i guess it's just my OCD. i'll leave it as it is then, id freak out if i lost data. thanks a lot

[trurl]

56 minutes ago, demoeb said:

id freak out if i lost data

You must always have another copy of anything important and irreplaceable. Parity is not a substitute for backups.

[demoeb]

4 hours ago, trurl said:

You must always have another copy of anything important and irreplaceable. Parity is not a substitute for backups.

yah I know, I have the important stuff on LTO (have about 100 LTO-5 tapes)

 

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