[4.7] Replacing a failed drive with a larger drive. [SOLVED]

[GileraGFR]

Hi,

 

Really quick (hopefully easy) question for someone, I've googled and found scenarios close to mine but not exact - I have a failed 2TB drive in my array and my parity drive is only 2TB, can i replace the failed drive with a 3TB drive? I'm not expecting all 3TB to be usable but will it rebuild my data or complain one of my data drives is larger than parity?

 

The server has been offline for over a year so I'm hoping other drives are OK and yes I know it's super old, I'm currently building a replacement unRaid 6 box.

 

I don't think spec or any further details are needed but if they are please just let me know and i will provide.

 

Cheers

Gil

Edited January 4, 2019 by GileraGFR

[JorgeB]

35 minutes ago, GileraGFR said:

can i replace the failed drive with a 3TB drive?

No, data drives can't be larger than parity, though v4.7 only detects up to 2.2TB, you can still do a parity swap, but you should upgrade to be able to fully use >2TB drives.

[GileraGFR]

Ahhh yes I forgot about that limitation too.

 

How exact is it when it checks the size? If the new drive is just a few bytes larger than the current parity drive does that matter?

[JorgeB]

1 hour ago, GileraGFR said:

If the new drive is just a few bytes larger than the current parity drive does that matter?

Yes, it won't work.

[GileraGFR]

Understood.....Thanks for your time the lioness.

[JonathanM]

<snrk>🤣

[JorgeB]

7 hours ago, GileraGFR said:

the lioness.

Username is above that, but no worries, it's common mistake , this is "The Lioness":

 

Just a little shout out because of her most impressive latest KO win.

 

[GileraGFR]

Dunno what your smirking at unAdvanced Member 🤭

Damn these custom titles 😂

 

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