Finally done playing, poking, prodding and just getting familiar with unRAID and have started loading/moving data to it.

Parity drive is not assigned yet.

 

Prior to assigning the Parity Drive and start building Parity, do I need to put on hold some automated processes I have in place for moving data to the unRAID server?

Or can you build parity and copy data to unRAID? I would assume if you can, it would slow down both when both are happening at the same time.

 

Basically I have a process that when we mark a HTPC recording as Archive, it will get moved to unRAID from the HTPC. I could put it on hold if needed during parity build.

 

Advice, recommendations?

 

can you build parity and copy data to unRAID? I would assume if you can, it would slow down both when both are happening at the same time.

yes and yes, because both threads eventually will compete for the same parity disk.

 

I could put it on hold if needed during parity build.

 

It will be better, besides the purpose of having RAID is to protect data and without good parity first your data have no protection at all.

Hi,

 

Quick question, Do I have to pre format a parity drive or can I use a previously used drive with data on it?  Will unRAID format the drive when added as aprity?

 

Kryspy

Hi,

 

Quick question, Do I have to pre format a parity drive or can I use a previously used drive with data on it?   Will unRAID format the drive when added as aprity?

 

Kryspy

 

Yes, it will format it.

The parity drive actually isn't formatted and it does not have a file system. It just has the raw results of the parity calculations written to it.

 

Peter

The parity drive actually isn't formatted and it does not have a file system. It just has the raw results of the parity calculations written to it.

 

Peter

 

Right, but you can still use an old disk with data on it.  That data will of course be lost.