In order to streamline and more efficently go through the process of:

 

1 - Removing one disk from the array that is not to replaced again (All Files removed/Completely empty)

2 - Upgrading the parity disk to a larger sized disk

 

Is it possible to unassign both the existing parity disk and the disk that is now empty, remove them both and install the larger parity disk, and then restore the array.

 

The reason for doing both in one step is to streamline the process so that parity has to only be calculated once - given that otherwise I would remove the disk that is not to be replaced, restore, and then have to replace the parity disk and wait for the parity to be recaluclated again.

 

Is this possible, safe and efficent or am I going about this process the wrong way in order to save time?

 

-Alex

 

 

Is it possible to unassign both the existing parity disk and the disk that is now empty, remove them both and install the larger parity disk, and then restore the array.

Is this possible, safe and efficent or am I going about this process the wrong way in order to save time?

 

It's possible, it's as safe as the confidence you have in your current drives. Please consider doing a parity check FIRST!

 

> am I going about this process the wrong way in order to save time?

You aren't saving too much time as the first step "should" be the recommended parity check.

 

If I had newer drives, I would do it your way. Remove data drive, Replace Parity, use RE-STORE to INITIALIZE the superblock, recreate parity.

 

If I had old drives which have many miles, I might consider doing it incrementally.

 

 

 

 

 

I should have mentioned the parity check first. Thank you.

 

It is the idea of having to restore/recalculate the parity drive after removing a disk (when it is already empty), and then immediately having to restore/recalculate again the partity drive when upgrading its size that I has me wondering whether it can be done in one process.

 

Am I missing something in thinking that it is a waste of time to do it twice?

Am I missing something in thinking that it is a waste after to do it twice?

 

You are not missing anything.

As I mentioned, if you have confidence in your drives, you can use the "RE-STORE"/Initialize Superblock button and calculate parity from scratch.

I've done this a number of times when I move drives around.

Run a parity check to make sure that all your drives are fully functional before beginning this process.