Hi everyone,

 

At the moment my unraid setup does not include a parity drive, so my array is not protected,

 

I would like to replace one of the drives (250GB) with a 500GB,

i deleted all the information off the 250GB.

 

Do i need to do a "new configuration"?what does it actually mean?

will i loose all my shares?will unraid detect the existing data?

thanks,

Bar1

No, you won't lose your shares. The share settings won't change when you replace a drive.

 

No, unRAID won't detect the existing data. How could it? You must have a parity drive to rebuild an existing drive onto a replacement drive and you also posted you deleted all the data.

 

I'm not sure what happens when you replace a drive without a parity drive present. Try it and read the info on the main page once the server boots. If it does not indicate it is replacing the drive when you press start then you'll have to reset the configuration. Type initconfig at the command prompt and answer Yes to the question when it asks are you sure.

when i asked about the existing data, i meant the data on the other drives(2TB,2TB ,1.5GB and 320GB)...i obviously  do not want an empty array.

unRAID will recognize drives that are already formatted and contain data when you set a new config. Just make sure you never press the format button if a drive that should have data on it is showing as unformatted.

 

 

Just click new config and assign the drives. After you start, only the new drive should show up as unformatted.

Hi everyone,

 

At the moment my unraid setup does not include a parity drive, so my array is not protected,

 

I would like to replace one of the drives (250GB) with a 500GB,

i deleted all the information off the 250GB.

 

Do i need to do a "new configuration"?what does it actually mean?

will i loose all my shares?will unraid detect the existing data?

thanks,

Bar1

 

A curious question if you do not mind..

 

You are replacing a 250gig drive with a new one, I am guessing your other data drive is somewhat the same size and you are not using a parity drive..

 

What is your reason for running unraid ?  Would you not be better of (and cheaper) with an external usb drive  ?

Thanks everyone for the help.

Gonna try it tonight.

 

Helmonder, how is external usb going to work better then a 6TB nas?

not sure i understand your question.

 

The original plan was to get a 2TB drive for parity and then the prices went sky high...i was very unlucky.

i will get that 2TB one day and will have my array protected, but for now i am running out of space so, just gonna replace a 250GB with 500GB.

 

 

 

Sounds like Bar is in the I'm trying things out and as time allows I'll put more time/money into my server. Just keep in mind without a parity drive your honestly as protected as having an external USB drive.

Sounds like Bar is in the I'm trying things out and as time allows I'll put more time/money into my server. Just keep in mind without a parity drive your honestly as protected as having an external USB drive.

 

Thanks, that was the train of my thought... without parity you are not using the largest asset of unraid.. But I went to the try out phase also ofcourse.

 

Bar: was just interested!

Quick update, i shutdown the server, removed the old drive, added the new drive, did a new configuration and everything work!

 

Thanks again for the help and for the concern about my data.

Like i said, i am enjoying the JBOD configuration at the moment, and if one drive will fail on me  it wont be the end of the world as not the all array will fail...+.i backup my important data.