Will I have an issue with the possibility of data loss if I setup a New Config and re-arrange my drives in Main to reflect the position they are in my computer case?

 

I know its a bit OCD, but I want to be able to look at my drives in my array in Main and then easily swap out drives in the corresponding location in my case if/when a drive fails. I have a Fractal Design Define R6, so its not a huge pain in the ass to pull drives, but its not as easy to do like a hotswapable bay.

 

 

Edited January 23, 20197 yr by jamse

Do you have a drive assigned to the parity2 slot? If so, you can't rearrange logical drive slots without rebuilding it.

No I have no parity at the moment. I applied a new config to remove my parity drive to replace my current 6tb parity drive with a 10tb drive, and then add that 6tb drive to my array.

 

Now I want to apply a new config to put the new 10tb drive as my parity drive then add 4 x 10tb drives to my array while changing the device disk slots to match the physical location in my case.

14 minutes ago, jamse said:

No I have no parity at the moment. I applied a new config to remove my parity drive to replace my current 6tb parity drive with a 10tb drive, and then add that 6tb drive to my array.

 

Now I want to apply a new config to put the new 10tb drive as my parity drive then add 4 x 10tb drives to my array while changing the device disk slots to match the physical location in my case.

When you New Config, go ahead and add the old parity disk to a new data slot. That way parity will be rebuilt with that disk already in the array. If you add it after rebuilding parity, the disk will have to clear.

 

After the New Config, only the new data (old parity) disk should show as unmountable and Unraid will offer to format it. If any other disk shows as unmountable don't proceed but come back for further advice.

Alright, just to make sure I do not destroy my data this is what I am going to do.

 

New Config -> Assign 10tb Drives in the first 5 slots (1 Parity + 4 array), then assign my 6tb drives (6 array) in my remaining slots with existing data -> Start my array

 

I already pre-cleared all the 10tb drives, and the old 6tb parity drive.

 

Then my 'main' in unRAID's ui will reflect the relative position of each drive in my case.

Edited January 28, 20197 yr by jamse

Just make sure you don't assign a disk with data on it to the parity slot. And if any of the disks with data on them shows as unmountable, don't format anything and ask for further advice.