Hey guys,

 

I basically have an array of 10 devices, 3 of which are 500gb drives.

I ordered 3 2tb drives and would like to replace the 500gb drives.

1 of the 500gb drives is actively being used and the others pretty much aren't.

 

Any hints/tips on how to replace these efficiently?

I know I can pull out a 500gb and let it all rebuild on the 2tb drive but I'd have to do it three times and I'm wondering what other options are available to me

 

 

Another option would be to replace/rebuild one of the disks, and then copy the data from the remaining 500GB drives onto the new 2TB drive.  You'd then remove the 500GB drives and add the two additional 2TB drives as empty via a new config that rebuilds parity.  I'm not sure if that would be any faster, though.