February 20, 20251 yr Hello all - Thank you in advance for any recommendations on the best course of action. My goal is not speed, but safety of data. Current Server/Scenario: Running Unraid 6.12.14 1x 20TB Parity Drive 13x Data drives of varying sizes I have maxed out my available drive slots in my case. All drives are healthy Goals: Shrink array by 1x data drives Install new, larger parity drive Historically, I have used the "Unbalanced" plug-in to move all data off of a drive and then run the "clear an array drive" script to remove a drive from the array while maintaining parity. From what I understand, this is no longer a recommended approach. Is there another method that can be used that will maintain parity? Or is the recommended approach to: Move all data off data drive, which is going to be removed Stop the array Unassign the data drive and current parity drive assignments Start the array Stop the array Physically remove the data drive Physically remove parity drive Install the new larger parity drive Start the server in maintenance mode Rebuild parity Appreciate the guidance and thoughts.
February 21, 20251 yr Community Expert The script is not recommended, but you can still do it manually: https://forums.lime-technology.com/topic/61614-shrink-array-question/?tab=comments#comment-606335
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