Hi is there a way to convert the existing parity disk to the missing array drive?

Parity plus all other disks are required to rebuild a missing disk.

 Before rebooting, go to Tools - Diagnostics and post the complete diagnostics zip. Then we can better advise how to proceed.

 

Often a disabled disk is not really bad. Connection issues are much more common than bad disks.

Your array should now be operating in a degraded state, where unRAID is emulating the missing drive.  Does that appear to be the case?

Yes the RAID is still operating - the disk definitely failed completely unfortunately.

 

I was just hoping to not have to replace the missing disk with another disk at the moment, and convert the parity drive.

 

But I think Turl has answered that question.

 

Thanks for quick response.

Since the missing drive is emulated, if the other drives have room you can copy the data off the missing drive to the others - if it helps.

On 1/19/2018 at 8:09 AM, jack hearts said:

Hi is there a way to convert the existing parity disk to the missing array drive?

 

This question is sort of like asking - I am skydiving and my primary shute failed and I'm using my secondary shute, is it ok to take off the secondary shute?

 

Parity can be removed when your array is healthy. You'd lose your protection, but it would not cause you to instantly loose data. Removing parity from an array with one drive down would cause you to instantly lose the data on the failed disk.

 

If you had DUAL parity it would be possible (not recommended) to remove the second parity and rebuild onto that. This would be somewhat silly to do - because that second parity is now your only protection against a second failure. If it was worth putting second parity in place, it is for exactly these situations that you want it!