i have a issue, i am trying to add a new parity drive to my array and at the same time add a new storage drive to the array. these are WD white label drives from being shucked. they have the 3rd pin mod on them and are detected fine. i currently have 2 other WD white label drives in my array running fine. what the issue is that i currently have all of the disks in the array with no parity. i am trying to remove on of the new WD white drives from the array without losing mt 13TB of data. how do i go about doing this the safest way. do i use the new config in tools? 

15 minutes ago, jjdemello123 said:

how do i go about doing this the safest way. do i use the new config in tools? 

Yes, but the data on the disk being removed, if any, will not be on the array anymore, sometimes users think the data is automatically moved.

Yes, but the data on the disk being removed, if any, will not be on the array anymore, sometimes users think the data is automatically moved.

That’s fine there empty disks how do I go about removing them



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24 minutes ago, jjdemello123 said:

do i use the new config in tools? 

 

7 minutes ago, johnnie.black said:

Yes

 

 

I’ve never used it before. How do i


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If most disks are going to stay as they are chose preserve current assignments=all and click apply, then back on the main page unassign the disk(s) you want to remove, assign parity and the new disk and start the array to begin the parity sync.

just did it. then added one of the WD white drives to the parity. it is rebuilding now. thank you for the help. will keep updating on progres.