BGG Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Hi, I have a 1tb drive that is almost full, so I bought a 4tb drive. What I want is to copy all the data from the 1tb drive and transfer it to the 4tb drive, and use the 1tb drive as a parity drive. Does anyone know how to do it without losing data or settings? Thank you so much Quote Link to comment
Solution itimpi Posted March 17, 2023 Solution Share Posted March 17, 2023 Is the 4TB drive an Unassigned Device? You cannot have a parity drive that is smaller than any of the data drives. In terms of copying data the easiest way is to install and use the Dynamix File Manager plugin. Quote Link to comment
BGG Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 20 minutes ago, itimpi said: Is the 4TB drive an Unassigned Device? You cannot have a parity drive that is smaller than any of the data drives. In terms of copying data the easiest way is to install and use the Dynamix File Manager plugin. Oh, I didnt know that. So if I have a 4tb drive I will need another 4tb for parity drive? The disk is already asigned as disk2 Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, elBelgg said: Oh, I didnt know that. So if I have a 4tb drive I will need another 4tb for parity drive? The disk is already asigned as disk2 Yes if you want a parity drive. Parity drives can be larger than the largest data drive (and if you have 2 they do not have to be the same size) or equal to the largest data drive, but they can not be smaller. If you read the this section of the online documentation it might become clearer why this is the case. Quote Link to comment
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