June 8, 20179 yr I have a dual parity unraid setup going with 5 data drives. I think my second parity drive is bad, as I hear loud drive noises from it AND it is reporting hot at 46 degrees. I was wondering if it was possible to stop the raid, remove the bad drive, and turn it back on with a single parity drive going? I understand it will be in a more vulnerable state with single parity, but I want to remove this one for the next couple days when I will be getting the replacement drive...
June 8, 20179 yr If you're sure that is the disk making the noise it's simple, just stop the array, unassign parity2 and start the array.
June 8, 20179 yr Author yeah I am about 90% sure, as this is a new drive and I just added it to the raid to replace a smaller parity drive. As soon as I added it I could hear the drive from another room.... Alright thanks for the info on the parity.
June 8, 20179 yr 1 hour ago, prettyhatem said: yeah I am about 90% sure, as this is a new drive and I just added it to the raid to replace a smaller parity drive. Until you are 100% sure, don't mess with it. If another drive coincidentally failed, the last thing you want to do is remove some of your protection. Post the diagnostic zip file if you aren't sure.
June 9, 20179 yr Author Gotcha, here is my diagnostics! Thanks! fileserver-diagnostics-20170608-1701.zip
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