August 20, 2025Aug 20 I have two drives in my array starting to fail. One is 1.5TB and the other is 4TB. My plan is to remove both and replace them with a single 4TB drive. Effectively, I'm replacing the 4TB drive and removing the 1.5TB drive altogether. I found this guide that talks about replacing two smaller drives with one larger drive. I'm assuming it is equally valid in my scenario? The amount of data on my two failing drives is less than 4TB - less than 3TB, in fact. I think I'm safe but just thought I'd ask, just in case I'm missing something. Just want the simplest process to remove my two failing drives.
August 20, 2025Aug 20 That should work as long as the exiting data on those drives can still be read.
August 20, 2025Aug 20 Author 1 minute ago, JorgeB said:That should work as long as the exiting data on those drives can still be read.That's a good point. I'm yet to test that. I think the drives are still good. I'm just getting SMART errors based on old age. Experience tells me that it won't be long before they fail. I've just received my new drive in the post today, so that'll be a job for my weekend for sure.
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