January 7, 201313 yr Hi, I have been using the free version of unRAID 5.0 for a while now (latest rc) and I am very happy with it. Yesterday I finally purchased a Plus license to increase capacity and would like to expand the raid now. For this I need some tips and recommendations. I currently use 3 Samsung HD204UI (1 parity and 2 data drives). To be able to upgrade to 3TB drives in the future I would like to upgrade the current parity drive to a 3TB drive and use the old drive as data for now: - Can you recommend any 3TB drives? (WD Green vs. Red, recent Seagates...) - If I understand correctly upgrading the drive is mainly shutting down the array, switching drives, rebuilding parity, checking parity afterwards? - Do I preclear the new parity drive? - If I would like to add a cache drive, do I preclear this drive? Can I always revert to use no parity drive? (e.g. if drive bays are low)? Thanks!
January 7, 201313 yr You can pre-clear any disk to insure it operates robustly and map out any bad sectors. I pre-clear disks not intended for use in unRAID. You plan is good but run a parity check before you start as well.
January 8, 201313 yr Author Ah, ok, thanks for clearing that up! Any recommendations for a 3TB drive?
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