May 22, 20251 yr Sorry to ask I did search but nothing found specifically.I have 2 x WD RED 8TB parity drives and I would like to change them to a pair of 12tb drives.What is the correct way to remove, replace and upgrade? do I remove both at the same time?Many thanks
May 22, 20251 yr Community Expert Solution It's a standard replacement, you can do one or both at the same time, one at a time will be slower but safer, in case a disk fails.
May 22, 20251 yr Author 8 minutes ago, JorgeB said:It's a standard replacement, you can do one or both at the same time, one at a time will be slower but safer, in case a disk fails.If I do one at a time is the size difference going to be an issue with dual parity that was my only concern as I would have my existing 8tb and new 12tb in a dual parity setup
May 22, 20251 yr Community Expert 2 minutes ago, livefour2day said:If I do one at a time is the size difference going to be an issue with dual parity that was my only concern as I would have my existing 8tb and new 12tb in a dual parity setuNo issue. The parity drives do not be the same size as long as both of them are at least as large as the largest data drive.
May 22, 20251 yr Author Thank you I couldn’t remember which was the criteria just got to decide if I want speed or less risk.
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