I ask for your help.

 

My current configuration is:

 

Parity disk 8TB - Seagate IRONWOLF

HDD 1 - WD RED 4TB

HDD 2 - WD RED 4TB

HDD 3 - WD RED 4TB

HDD 4 - WD RED 4TB

HDD 5 - WD WHITE LABEL 8TB

 

I wanted to change HDD 1 because it started to report several reading errors even if the "ball" is still green.

I bought a new 8TB HDD to replace HDD 1.

 

I followed the usual procedure:

. stop array

. put NO DEVICE on HDD 1

. POWER DOWN SERVER

 

I replaced HDD 1 with the new 8TB HDD POWER ON and ... nothing does not start, it does not boot. I tried them all. If instead I mount the new HDD 8TB as a new disk instead of physically replacing HDD 1 Unraid part and sees it very well, it also makes me select it instead of HDD 1.

But I really wanted to put it physically in place of HDD 1 and maybe after calmly do tests on the old 4TB damaged. Why don't you let me do it? I thought I selected it from the usual drop-down menu and instead it didn't really start.

 

Is it because I haven't done the PRECLEAR yet on the new 8TB HDD?

Or else?

 

Thanks in advance for the help.

14 minutes ago, Zippi said:

nothing does not start, it does not boot.

Not quite clear, Unraid doesn't start or sever doesn't boot?

 

Also please post the diagnostics: Tools -> Diagnostics

The server does not boot, or rather, it starts but does not arrive in unraid.

I can't publish the diagnostics because I never get inside unraid to be able to see it.

 

The only thing I can do is leave the new 8TB hdd physically connected to a new SATA 3 port and then select it in the HDD 1 slot and let it rebuild the disk.

Doing so I respect all the positions of the slots of the various HDDs and should not lose the data ..... right?

If I change the physical connections to the SATA ports of the disks in Unraid but I always respect the slot positions everything remains intact ..... right?

 

Thanx.

 

 

 

Edited December 19, 20196 yr by Zippi

1 hour ago, Zippi said:

If I change the physical connections to the SATA ports of the disks in Unraid but I always respect the slot positions everything remains intact ..... right?

Correct

HI everyone,

i have precleared a new 8TB HDD to change the HDD 1 WD RED 4TB with a lot of errors.

How much time does it take now to replace the new drive if it has already been PRECLEARED SUCCESSFULLY?

 Thanx.

 

 

It is not necessary to preclear a drive to be used for a rebuild (and does  not speed up the rebuild) - it merely checks the drive appears Ok.    A rebuild tends to take something  like 2-3 hours per TB of the drive being used for the rebuild.

OK, understood.

 

Thanx