Hey Guys,

 

I need to move an existing drive from one SATA port to an empty one.

 

This is a 6 drive, 1 parity system. It's not the parity drive that is moving.

 

How do I go about this?

 

Thanks!

Mike

Make a note of your current drive assignments on the "Devices" page...  (print the page for your reference)

Stop the array

Power down

Move the disk to the other port

Power up

The array will probably not start on its own.  (because it will see the drive as missing)

Go to the devices page, assign the drive back to its original slot assignment.

Go back to the main page, press "Start"

 

It is as easy as that.

Edit: I thought I had read he was moving the parity drive... fixed instructions to assign drive back to its original slot.

Make a note of your current drive assignments on the "Devices" page...  (print the page for your reference)

Stop the array

Power down

Move the disk to the other port

Power up

The array will probably not start on its own.  (because it will see the parity drive as missing)

Go to the devices page, assign the drive as "parity"

Go back to the main page, press "Start"

 

It is as easy as that.

 

although it's probably clear just as a quick "warning":

Since you said, you're moving a NONparity drive, do NOT assign the (data)drive to parityslot (which would require to unassign original parity first), but just assign it to the datadriveslot it has been before.

Rest is valid, just reboot or start the array and averything is fine.

Just mentioned it because assigning a data drive to parity slot makes harm to the datadrive that's not easy to handle ...

Regardless of which drive you move to a different port, re-assign it back to its original slot in the array and press "Start"

Thanks guy!

 

First I am moving a drive from one SATA port to another then I plan to replace my Parity drive with a larger one.

 

I assume doing this in 2 steps is best? Move drive first as I want that port for the new Parity drive, then replace parity?

 

Anything I should watch for when replacing parity?

Thanks guy!

 

First I am moving a drive from one SATA port to another then I plan to replace my Parity drive with a larger one.

 

I assume doing this in 2 steps is best? Move drive first as I want that port for the new Parity drive, then replace parity?

 

Anything I should watch for when replacing parity?

2 steps is best.

 

Replacing the parity drive is pretty easy.  Assign the new one and press "Start" (You'll probably need to check the checkbox under it to enable it)

Thanks for the help! Drive has been swapped and new parity is syncing.

 

Thanks!