Hello

 

My tower has been working fine with no problem yet yesterday when started the parity drive has an orange ball and there is also a message saying that 2 drives need to be formatted. I have not changed any drives or any settings.

 

Question: If I replace the parity drive will I loose all the data on the 2 drives which the system is telling me need to be formatted?

 

Thank you

 

Hello

 

My tower has been working fine with no problem yet yesterday when started the parity drive has an orange ball and there is also a message saying that 2 drives need to be formatted. I have not changed any drives or any settings.

 

Question: If I replace the parity drive will I loose all the data on the 2 drives which the system is telling me need to be formatted?

 

Thank you

probably

 

DO NOT FORMAT THE DISKS, DO POST A SYSLOG (attach one to your next post)  Do it PRIOR to rebooting,

 

Joe L.

thank you for reply. I have switched off the server so will have to start up again will the syslog still be of use?

 

Possibly. Turn the server on. If the problem still exists attach a syslog.

Hello

 

I switched the tower back on and it is telling me there is a new parity disk installed and that to bring the array on line I have to start parity sync. All the other drives appear and are all green so I will start and see what happens. Fingers crossed

 

 

here I am again.

 

Rebuild complete and all good parity drive now GREEN, don't know what happened.

 

Thank you for your help.