Change parity drive to a smaller one

[bjoernwk]

Good morning!

 

I have a Little Problem. My 3 month old parity drive ( 4 TB WD RE) is showing reallocated sectors and I would like to rma it.

 

I only have 2 TB drives in my Array. So the paritiy drive is too big. Can I Change it to a 2 TB drive instead of waiting for the new drive beeing returned?

 

Sounds possible, but I am not too sure. Any tipps would be highly appreciated. I do not like the thought of an unprotected Array.

 

Many thanks in advance!

 

Greetings from Germany!

[JorgeB]

Yes, you'll have to do a new parity sync.

[bjoernwk]

Good Morning johnnie.black,

 

if thats all, no Problem. My worries was just about the diffrent size.

 

So I will Change the HDD tonight.

 

Thanks a lot for your super fast reply!

 

Greetings!

 

Björn