February 25, 200917 yr I have another little question. I'm switching out my 1 TB parity drive today with a 1.5TB and want to be sure I'm doing it correctly. - Stop array - Un-assign existing parity drive - Assign the new larger drive as the parity drive - Start the array back up. My question is, Do I need to move my parity drive from the Disk 1 location on the dataplane and put the new 1.5TB into disk 1 location? (I have one of the pre-built MD-1500 unRAID servers) Thanks again!!!
February 25, 200917 yr I have another little question. I'm switching out my 1 TB parity drive today with a 1.5TB and want to be sure I'm doing it correctly. - Stop array - Un-assign existing parity drive - Assign the new larger drive as the parity drive - Start the array back up. My question is, Do I need to move my parity drive from the Disk 1 location on the dataplane and put the new 1.5TB into disk 1 location? (I have one of the pre-built MD-1500 unRAID servers) Thanks again!!! I just upgraded my parity from a 1 to a 1.5. This guide was great! (found on the Best Of wiki page) http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=2280.msg17513#msg17513 I also ran the preclear script on my new drive to make sure it was good to go. I don't know the answer to the moving drive question.
February 25, 200917 yr To make it clear for others, it is not necessary to physically move any drive when replacing it with another. If there is enough room in the case, it can stay connected as it was, where it was. The logical assignment/swap of any given drive's function is performed on the "devices" page. So, you could add the new larger parity drive in any physical location and attach it to any drive controller you wish. When you boot up, make the appropriate assignment on the devices page in the management utility. Some people like to keep the parity drive in a specific location, and the physical order of their data drives the same as their assignments, or in order of their relative size. That will sometimes require moving drives around. It is a personal choice. Myself, I label the fronts of my drive trays with their serial numbers. I can use a screen-shot to figure out what drive is which. I do not have them in any specific physical order now, even though they originally started out that way as I've ended up with a mixed SATA and IDE array. The risk of causing damage to drives increases with their handling. I'd just as soon leave them where they are. (My preference is least movement of drives) Joe L.
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